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Call comes after the government ‘names and shames’ companies in England and Wales for flouting minimum wage legislation

UNISON branch officers, lawyers and members recall a four-year battle to win pay justice

February may have been cold and wet but the UNISON fires burned brightly this month

Authority makes commitment to ensure staff are treated with respect

That was at the heart of a speech from assistant general secretary Christina McAnea to UNISON’s second social care seminar, held yesterday in central London. It involved social care […]

Your new national executive council met at UNISON Centre early in the month to get down to business, with local government funding and Brexit […]

Care workers provide an exceptional service, so they deserve to be treated with respect. Today’s signing – and every council who signs up to the charter – helps ensure more care workers benefit. And that can only be good for all of us.

As more councils sign our Ethical Care Charter, thousands more care workers secure greater protection at work, better pay and more training

Plymouth City Council will become the latest local authority to sign up to UNISON’s ethical care charter today (Monday). Council leaders will join UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis to formally sign the charter. The charter commits the Council to continue working with the city’s care companies to help them end zero-hours and reflect travel time […]

A big change for homecare workers in Knowsley

UNISON praises ‘one step forward in dealing with the complex issue of precarious employment’

March was a momentous month for UNISON members – not least because of a proposed revamp of NHS pay that could benefit a million health workers.

Decision comes after a lengthy campaign by UNISON

Announcement comes as part of plans to bring social care and NHS services closer together

Teresa and Geoff are making a massive difference, even when times are tough. Thank you to them for the warm welcome today and for everything they, like all our activists, do for our union.