Christina McAnea says pandemic has highlighted need for urgent reform
social care
Boris Johnson promised a lifeline to low-paid workers then callously pulled it away
The sector needs to be properly funded and wages increased
UNISON’s general secretary calls today’s public service workers the ‘new giants’ of the labour movement
Online event will take the place of cancelled conference and will be centred around social care and the need for a national care service
It’s perverse that ministers ignore the contribution of care and NHS support staff
Department of Health will provide funding for care homes to pay staff 80% of their salary when on sick leave for coronavirus
On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea looks at the fight we still face
We must grasp the chance to fix the broken care system
‘When the clapping dies down, UNISON will still be fighting for care workers to be properly treated’
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‘When the clapping dies down, UNISON will still be fighting for care workers to be properly treated: paid living wages, with proper job security and career structures.’
Ministers need to get to grips with supply problems
‘Everybody is worried about the virus. Carers are worried for themselves, and worried for our clients too’