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Government should remove the charge for all migrant workers

Christina McAnea says complete overhaul needed so no one is left unprotected again

UNISON steward Hassan Ortega works for a charity providing a homelessness prevention service in Salford. He said: “I feel mixed […]

For too long they have been undervalued, unsupported and poorly remunerated. And they undertake this […]

New resources available for health and safety reps and care workers at our dedicated learning.unison.org.uk site

UNISON members from across the UK have been telling us about the immense emotional toll that the coronavirus pandemic is having upon them. We know that our members are often the only person present at the death of clients and care home residents, who may be people they’ve known and cared for over many years, and have then had […]

UNISON says ‘desperate measures’ in leaked plans could lead to preventable deaths

Joint unions warned that previous advice from Scotland’s chief nursing officer increased risks for home and social carers

‘Everybody is worried about the virus. Carers are worried for themselves, and worried for our clients too’

But there is still a lot of work to be done, conference agreed. As Anjona Roy, speaking for the service group executive in the health and safety debate pointed out, the work done on the […]

Care and health workers have been told that their roles will be returning to Bath and North East Somerset Council

Seminar hears that government has been in office for almost 10 years, yet has not even produced a green paper on social care

Vulnerable people and care workforce should not face uncertainty

New report argues that care workers are overlooked, undervalued and in desperate need of investment

UNISON releases figures as workers take a third day of action in fight against company cutting pay