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Employers must pay for time between visits to ensure fair wages

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

Their jobs are stressful enough.” UNISON Scotland local government chair Mark Ferguson added that the […]

Birmingham care workers triumph in epic battle over pay

‘A decade of austerity has ravaged social care’, conference delegates are told

Thousands of care workers across England and Wales are being paid less than the national minimum wage because councils aren’t insisting that homecare companies pay for travel time, says UNISON today (Wednesday). Using a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, UNISON reveals that more than half (54%) of local authorities in England don’t state in their […]

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis is due to show his support this evening (Tuesday) for homecare workers in Birmingham who have been involved in a year-long dispute over their pay and working hours. He is attending a solidarity rally in the city to pledge his continued backing for the staff who have so far taken […]

Dozens of Birmingham care workers are planning to travel to Liverpool today (Monday) to lobby delegates attending the Labour Party Conference over the City Council’s plans to cut their hours.

Birmingham council wants to cut the hours – and pay – of its enablement team that works to help vulnerable people stay in their homes

Date

1 May 2018 8:30pm–10:00pm

Location

Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics,1 Sheffield St, London WC2A 2AP

If a society is judged on its ability to care for those who need support, what does it mean to turn caring into profit?

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.

UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar

Care system is creaking at the seams

Care workers in the London borough of Haringey are to be given the time and support they need to do their work, through a new ethical charter. Haringey Council has signed up to UNISON’s ethical care charter, which sets out a series of commitments to protect the rights of home care workers’ and give them […]