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Cheshire West and Chester is latest local authority to sign up to better care and better conditions for care workers

Cornish care company Cormac has signed up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter, the first in the South West to do so

Ethical Care Charter commits council to living wage and not using zero-hours contracts or 15-minute visits, giving dignity to vulnerable people

East Midlands council signs up to quality care and fair pay during National Carers’ Week

Omar Ramadan has severe haemophilia – a disorder that impairs the body’s ability to control blood clotting – and he cares for his mother who has Alzheimer’s.

Seventeen homecare workers employed across the London Borough of Haringey are taking care company Sevacare and the council to court.

An agreement to be signed today (Thursday) between UNISON and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham promises to deliver improved homecare for residents and more support for the borough’s homecare workers. Signing the charter commits the council to allocating enough time for home visits so workers have time to talk to clients, not rush […]

UNISON welcomes increase to £8.45 (outside London) and £9.75 (London) an hour at start of Living Wage Week

Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week

Council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s standards for homecare, carers and those needing care

North Ayrshire becomes latest local authority to put its name to union’s Ethical Care Charter, committing itself to standards for home care services and working conditions

UNISON Cymru/Wales writes to all country’s councils on International Women’s Day

The mayoral candidate for Great Manchester outlines plans for a fully-integrated health and social care service

A new ‘bill of rights’ recommended today (Friday) by MPs for care workers to end low pay and high job turnover rates has been welcomed by UNISON. This key reform has been proposed by the Communities and Local Government Committee (CLG) in a report into the funding and provision of adult social care. The Committee […]

A group of homecare workers from Haringey have made headlines with their battle for the minimim wage