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General secretary Christina McAnea and president Libby Nolan told the meeting how emotional they had found addressing some of the recent […]

The payment will be £1,487 before tax and national insurance and is being made to registered care workers […]

We also call on local councils to take responsibility for the pay and conditions of social care workers by making the the real living wage the minimum starting salary for all […]

“Some people are already bed-bound by the time we get involved and some are still quite able. Part of the skill of the job is knowing how to constantly switch gears […]

Both performers have recorded individual video messages of support for the Pay Fair for Care online rally, which is expected to be attended by care staff, politicians, unions […]

Date

3 February 2021 12:30pm–2:00pm

The coronavirus pandemic has shone a spotlight on the best and worst in our society. Nowhere more so than care. COVID-19 […]

"Care staff can't go on being ignored, undervalued and left to exist on poverty wages. A wage boost is needed now to get them through the pandemic and […]

Five months into the pandemic, most care staff face severe financial hardship if they follow public health guidance, which […]

The findings are based on a survey of more than 3,000 people UK-wide caring for the vulnerable and elderly by staying overnight, including in residential homes, in the accommodation of those living […]

That can only happen if “care workers are treated with the dignity and fairness they so deserve,” declared. Kevin Jackson, for the service group executive speaker […]

But while UNISON campaigns for decent jobs, pay and conditions, it also campaigns on issues that affect our communities … against racism in all its forms […]

The new legislation allows employers to obscure the fact that they are not paying homecare staff for all their working hours and allows them to pay illegal wages. This is […]

But instead of receiving decent pay and conditions, and being treated with dignity and respect, the UK government is letting employers get away with […]

Since 2010, spending on adult care has fallen hugely, relative to levels of need, and poor pay and conditions have helped trigger a staffing crisis in the sector with 165,000 vacancies. “But extra […]

Poor pay and conditions are among the factors that have triggered a staffing crisis in the sector, with 165,000 vacancies […]