Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged homecare

‘The best of trade union empowerment’: the story behind a decisive homecare legal victory

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

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Ken Loach’s powerful new film on the plight of precarious workers

And directing is no easy task ­– tough on the mind and the body, with dozens of people to deal with […]

Behind the headlines, Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

The Birmingham homecare workers fighting for their jobs

But who are they? And why exactly are they fighting so hard? Earlier this year, Birmingham City Council announced […]

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

The Birmingham homecare workers fighting for their jobs

But who are they? And why exactly are they fighting so hard? Earlier this year, Birmingham City Council announced […]

Article, Magazine on the UNISON National site.

The Labour of Care

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?

Event on the UNISON National site.

Magic March

UNISON’s fight to make the government act positively across public service pay has been long and hard. And it’s not over yet. But this month the union was in the news for […]

Article, Magazine, News on the UNISON National site.

Care sector ‘is vital for our society and our economy’

UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar

Article on the UNISON National site.

Protecting Haringey home care workers with new charter

Haringey Council cabinet member for finance and adult services Councillor Jason Arthur said: “I’m proud to have signed UNISON’s ethical care […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Ethical Care campaign travel time leaflet

Part of our pay up for travel time […]

Media on the UNISON National site.

Home care: Low paid workers told to wait for back pay

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

General election 2017: Social care

We have been campaigning for this for a long time, and one of the things we have been doing is persuading local councils, who are responsible for […]

Article, Magazine, moving on the UNISON National site.

General election 2017: Social care

“This will ensure the care system works better with the NHS to reduce unnecessary and unhealthy hospital stays and delayed transfers of care, and provide […]

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Shifting the balance of power

A great deal depends on it, not least the future of public services, the NHS, the wage packets and livelihood of UNISON members, and life in the UK after Brexit. But there are many other […]

Magazine, moving on the UNISON National site.

Shifting the balance of power

A great deal depends on it, not least the future of public services, the NHS, the wage packets and livelihood of UNISON members, and life in the UK after Brexit. But there are many other […]

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Swansea signs up to ethical care

The charter contains a set of commitments to protect the dignity and quality of life for vulnerable people and the workers who care for them. It states that […]

Article on the UNISON National site.