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
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With just a few days to the election UNISON looks at what the main parties have to say on social care – one of the issues that matter most to our members
UNISON Cymru/Wales writes to all country’s councils on International Women’s Day
Adult social care is in crisis, but UNISON has a solution – find out how UNISON’s proposal to use a £2.4bn business rate surplus in England would affect funding in your area
Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a UNISON report has warned today (Friday). The Damage: Care in Crisis is based on a survey of more than 1,000 staff across the UK working in homecare, residential support and day services, and looking […]
East Midlands council signs up to quality care and fair pay during National Carers’ Week
Vitally important care workers are being paid far less than the absolute basic minimum that they should receive: nearly 20 years on from the establishment of a minimum wage in this country, that should be a source of national embarrassment
Email your MP to add their voice to tomorrow’s (23 March) Westminster Hall debate
Ethical Care Charter commits council to living wage and not using zero-hours contracts or 15-minute visits, giving dignity to vulnerable people
Women share their experience as carers at Brighton conference
It’s impossible to read these stories and not wish for a proper solution to our care crisis – and that will require money and political will to achieve
Northern Ireland regional secretary Patricia McKeown says announcement that two of seven Four Seasons homes have been bought by local companies comes as a source of relief to the residents and the affected staff
Cornish care company Cormac has signed up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter, the first in the South West to do so
‘We cannot afford to walk away from the care needs of our elders – and nor can our politicians’