Delegates hear of the successes and continuing challenges in battle to protect social care workers and the people who need their care
homecare
Local government conference hears of the negative impacts on Black, migrant, women and LGBT workers of zero-hours contracts
UNISON has welcomed the recent ruling by HMRC to force a major homecare provider to pay its staff £600,000 in arrears after failing to pay them for their travel time
Today’s Kingsmill Report on working conditions in the UK care sector is a comprehensive programme of recommendations that would begin to redress the exploitation of the homecare workforce
UNISON members working for Care UK took their struggle to London today, where they lobbied Bridgepoint Capital, the private equity investor that bought the company in 2010
UNISON members working within Grwp Gwalia care services will start a 24 hour period of strike action to defend against cuts to pay, terms and conditions
UNISON is postponing strike action due to take place at Gwalia homecare next week in order to ensure the safety of homecare service users
UNISON staged a further demonstration outside Gwalia headquarters in Swansea today, as it urged the employer to come back to the table before the start of planned strike action next week
Low-paid workers who care for some of north and east London’s most vulnerable people took part in a lobby for a fair deal over pay today
In its submission to the Kingsmill Review, UNISON has called for our Ethical Care Charter to be promoted to all local authorities as a way of improving the provision of care
UNISON members working for Grwp Gwalia in elderly care services in Neath Port Talbot are protesting against the employer’s proposals to cut pay, terms and conditions
Reading Borough Council has pledged commitment to employment conditions and care standards by becoming the latest local authority to sign up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter this week