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.
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
“It is going to be a big change. This signing is really a step in the right direction.” Mr Robinson said the branch recognises […]
Birmingham care workers are on strike because the council thinks they’re an easy target for cuts
With no change of heart from the Labour-controlled council in Birmingham, Mr Prentis pledged the full strength of […]
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
Strike action on hold pending further talks
Towards the end of the discussion, we all spoke about what changes care workers would most like to see. Our list included: Better staffing levels of "real […]
New report published in run-up to government green paper
The workers who are being asked to shoulder the cost of this change earn just over the national minimum wage of £7.85 an hour. UNISON organiser John Drake […]
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, […]
UNISON responds to the Public Accounts Committee report
Decision comes after a lengthy campaign by UNISON