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The group’s existing plans will cost staff as much as £15 for each sleep-in shift. Some staff work three of these shifts each week and face a cut to their […]

And he assured the members: “We will win – we cannot afford for Birmingham council to win.” Birmingham says it has to tighten the purse strings because […]

Elderly and vulnerable people in residential care homes are being left in re-used continence pads, denied trips to the toilet and kept indoors for days on end because of severe staff shortages, according to a survey published today (Sunday) by UNISON. The vast majority (83 per cent) of care workers say they are so rushed […]

Christina McAnea says ministers must show they ‘care about social care’

Care workers will make the case for a real living wage direct to Essex County Council candidates today as part of an online Citizens Assembly. They are joining more than 100 community leaders seeking a number of commitments from candidates, including making the council an accredited Living Wage organisation, and ensuring all care contracts in […]

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

Government move a ‘cruel blow’ to carers denied the minimum wage for sleep-ins

Care workers at 1st Call have seen their wages delayed before. UNISON has raised concerns that the company has a cash flow issue and could be on the rocks […]

In the motion care worker members gave heartfelt testimony of their experiences working throughout the pandemic

Pay hike and total overhaul required

Call comes after the government ‘names and shames’ companies in England and Wales for flouting minimum wage legislation

Christina McAnea says Boris Johnson hasn’t delivered nearly two years on from pledge

UNISON and Mencap write to Boris Johnson urging investigation into sleep-in pay

Campaigners, politicians and now even government watchdogs want urgent reform. “The current privatised, fragmented and largely unregulated system is unfit for purpose […]

Christina McAnea says shameful employment practices and low wages need tackling