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February is the month of romance, what with Valentine’s Day and Heart UNISON week – and UNISON members were definitely feeling the love during the last 28 days.

UNISON members could lose £2,000 a year under plan by private company

A big change for homecare workers in Knowsley

Birmingham care workers are on strike because the council thinks they’re an easy target for cuts

There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work

Birmingham council wants to cut the hours – and pay – of its enablement team that works to help vulnerable people stay in their homes

Whilst UNISON enjoyed the sun and the World Cup as much as the next union, we also didn’t let them stop us working as hard as ever on behalf of our members. Here are just some of our highlights from July

Sirona has halted its plans to restructure working patterns that would leave carers "owing" bosses 30 minutes of work per shift. The agreement came after Bath and North East […]

I was invited because I had taken part in the development of the residential care charter in 2016. Most of the care workers present at the meeting were from areas around London or […]

New report published in run-up to government green paper

Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals

Cornwall Council Portfolio Holder for Adults, Rob Rotchell, and UNISON Head of Local Government, Heather Wakefield signed the agreement at New County Hall, Truro at 12pm on 30 May. Councillor […]

UNISON has branded 1st Call Home Care a disgrace after finding the Plymouth care firm failing to pay workers a month’s wages. The company, which employs around 100 staff across six care homes in Plymouth, claimed the lack of pay was “a glitch”. Despite promises to deal with the issue by the end of Friday, […]

UNISON responds to the Public Accounts Committee report

Decision comes after a lengthy campaign by UNISON