Care workers affected by gruelling shifts caring for Covid-19 patients have been offered courses on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by their trade union
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During the COVID-19 crisis, UNISON has changed its processes to make it easier for members to get legal support at no extra cost, as part of their union membership Here’s a simple guide for branches to help our members get the support they need, when they need it. Employment advice Members with issues relating directly […]
Wales’ biggest public services trade union has warmly welcomed Welsh Government’s announcement today that all social care workers will be paid a £500 bonus in recognition of their work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Kebba Manneh speaking at a UNISON Cymru Wales event. Photo credit: Natasha Hirst There must be an investigation into why Black people have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus across Wales, says UNISON today (Thursday). UNISON Cymru Wales says Black health service staff and care workers are dying disproportionately, and the higher number of Black […]
Daily reports from care staff to UNISON complain at the inadequacy of the equipment provided
Local authority employers and trade union representatives are so concerned about the severe pressures facing social and home care providers and care workers, they have today (Friday) written to Health Minister Vaughan Gething requesting his urgent intervention
GMB & UNISON unions have hit out at Merthyr Tydfil CBC plans to re-open its civic amenity sites
As the nation prepares for to clap for carers – including health and other key workers – again tonight, UNISON is speaking up for our members with national and local newspaper ads
Social care workers across Wales have welcomed the introduction of a card which will allow them to access supermarkets during the allocated opening hours for health service staff
UNISON Wales has today (Saturday) written to the First Minster in the strongest terms about the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) across Wales
Jenny Griffin As part of our commitment to supporting vital key workers through this crisis UNISON Cymru Wales is offering a free Covid-19 e-learning course to our social care members and workers in Wales, funded by the Welsh Government’s Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF). Working in partnership with ‘e-Learning For You’, an established provider of […]
Donna Hutton, photo credit, Natasha Hirst Statement given to the BBC on Friday 3 April, 2020. Donna Hutton, UNISON Cymru Wales head of health said, “Front-line staff across Wales in the health service, social care and elsewhere, have been desperate to receive the right personal protective equipment for their job and for definitive guidance […]
Read general secretary Dave Prentis’ latest letter to members. If you have personal experience of PPE shortages in your workplace during this pandemic, please tell us about them using via the link in the letter. UNISON will relay them directly to government and demand action for you. Photo: Natasha Hirst
Health and care staff across Wales are extremely concerned about the provision of personal protective equipment
UNISON has been in ongoing discussion to ensure there is a sufficient supply of appropriate PPE to frontline healthcare workers across both the NHS and social care sector