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A big change for homecare workers in Knowsley

Birmingham care workers are on strike because the council thinks they’re an easy target for cuts

There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work

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

‘We believe the Court of Appeal got this decision completely wrong and will do everything we can to reverse it’

More than 250 care workers are taking strike action in response to the City Council’s plans to dramatically cut their working hours

Strike action on hold pending further talks

Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals

24 May 2018 Embargo: 00.01hrs Friday 25 May 2018 Charity’s excessive surveillance is harming care of the vulnerable, says UNISON National care charity – Community Integrated Care (CIC) – is subjecting its staff to such a degree of surveillance that they are unable to care for vulnerable people properly, says UNISON today (Friday). CIC employees […]

At least 200,000 care workers in the UK are only being paid for the time they spend caring for people, and not for when they are travelling between appointments

Decision comes after a lengthy campaign by UNISON

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

UNISON sets out priorities at successful first national social care seminar

Government plans to reform social care will fall short and won’t get to grips with the huge problems affecting the sector, if the work to shape next year’s green paper fails to involve the views of the UK’s million strong workforce, says UNISON. The Cabinet Office has today announced that the government is to engage […]

Care system is creaking at the seams