Frontline staff need real protection
UNISON says ‘desperate measures’ in leaked plans could lead to preventable deaths
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Category: adult care
UNISON secures PPE win for Scotland’s care workers
Joint unions warned that previous advice from Scotland's chief nursing officer increased risks for home and social carers
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‘We are in the business of protecting the most vulnerable people’
Community conference sets out key policies in social care, housing, health and safety and much more
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North west council becomes latest to sign up to ethical care
A big change for homecare workers in Knowsley
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Plans to cut care workers’ pay on hold
Strike action on hold pending further talks
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York council agrees to sign Ethical Care Charter
Decision comes after a lengthy campaign by UNISON
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Stirling becomes latest council to sign up to Ethical Care Charter
“Social care workers provide a lifeline service for vulnerable people,” UNISON branch secretary Lorraine Thomson said this week as she welcomed Stirling Council in Scotland signing up to the...
Sheffield signs up to the Ethical Care Charter
Yorkshire council becomes the largest local authority to sign UNISON's charter
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Funding care can lift women workers out of poverty, Welsh councils urged
UNISON Cymru/Wales writes to all country's councils on International Women's Day
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UNISON responds to TUC analysis saying insecure work up by a quarter since 2011
Responding to TUC analysis published today (Tuesday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Homecare workers are under severe pressure to provide top-notch – and often intimate – care, while...