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Community delegates recognise work of Care Workers for Change campaign in defending care services and organising a fragmented and casualised workforce
“Years of underfunding mean local councils can no longer put enough money into care to meet the needs of an ageing population. Elderly and disabled residents, care staff and the […]
UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar
North-East council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter
Scottish council signs charter committing it to standards for care workers and those they care for
Yorkshire council becomes the largest local authority to sign UNISON’s charter
Government move a ‘cruel blow’ to carers denied the minimum wage for sleep-ins
Care workers owed up to six years’ back pay after being paid below the minimum wage will have to wait until October for the money they are owed after a government announcement today
A “firghtening level of cuts” since 2010 have resulted in “a broken care system, a broken society,” she said. And delegates heard from a service user when Chris Nykiel […]
Care workers say they’re rarely able to stop for a brief chat with the people they’re looking after or take them outside for a breath of fresh […]
Mencap has agreed to pay care workers above the national minimum wage for sleep-ins, following a successful campaign by UNISON. The charity has been in dispute with UNISON over its failure to pay care staff the minimum wage when providing on-call night care. Some carers had previously been paid a flat rate of £25 for a […]
Their proposals threaten a further demolition of the welfare state, which will leave all but the very poorest forced to cough up for their care
The union wrote to all the councils yesterday, International Women’s Day, warning that thousands of women across the country “are suffering the effects of […]
All local authorities in England should be allowed to keep a greater share than they do currently of business rates so they can afford to fund social care properly, says UNISON today (Wednesday). The union is urging the government to grant councils better terms along similar lines to a deal agreed earlier this month with […]