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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

UNISON, including representatives of the workforce, is now meeting AFG at ACAS in an effort to resolve the […]

A big change for homecare workers in Knowsley

Where some care workers in other parts of the country are strictly limited to 15-minute visits only, members of the enablement team “stay until all needs are met”. Mandy […]

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

UNISON reacted angrily to the plans to axe more than half of Suffolk’s police community support officers (PCSOs), arguing that it would put public safety at risk. The proposed […]

Strike action on hold pending further talks

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

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

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, […]