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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

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.

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 […]

A big change for homecare workers in Knowsley

“I’ve been a care worker for 17 years now,” she says. Mandy is part of Birmingham City Council’s enablement team – a […]

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 […]

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

"Care workers can now focus on delivering compassionate care for some of the most vulnerable members of society. "This decision doesn’t mean the issue is […]

UNISON member and care worker Nicole Stanfield Caile went to Parliament recently to put the case for care workers

“Our government and our country must show they care about those who care for our loved ones,” general secretary Dave Prentis told the seminar. He highlighted the success […]

Careworker Bernadette points out that for her, “the accrued time would come to 17 shifts a year. Seven shifts on ‘bank’ would give me […]

Care workers in Cornwall who look after people in their own homes are to be given more support to do their work. Cornwall Council has today signed Unison’s Ethical Care Charter which sets out a series of commitments to protect the rights of homecare workers and ensure dignity in care delivery through a consistent, well […]

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, […]