Social care workers will today (Wednesday) provide key evidence to determine the future of the national minimum wage, says UNISON.
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Hundreds of care workers should see their pay and conditions improve after their employer agreed to recognise UNISON, the union said today (Wednesday).
Thousands of care staff in Wales will see their pay and working conditions improved thanks to a major step forward by unions including UNISON.
Care staff in Swansea are being urged to share stories of working through the pandemic for the UK Covid inquiry by public services union UNISON.
Council leaders in Cardiff and Swansea will be among guests told about billions being extracted from the care system.
Thousands of care workers in Wales are facing a double whammy of sky-high bills and the threat of poverty after the latest government decision on sick pay, warns public services union UNISON. Care workers in Wales will not receive any top up to their sick pay if they have to self-isolate from the end of […]
Welcoming the announcement today from First Minister Mark Drakeford that all staff employed in social care – including kitchen and cleaning staff – are to receive a £500 payment, UNISON Wales lead for care Mark Turner said: “This is great news for low-paid care workers across Wales. There had been concern that some staff not involved […]
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
Responding to the publication of the Older People’s Commissioner’s report ‘A Place to Call Home’, Andy Rutherford, UNISON lead organiser for social care said, “The report has shone a welcome light on the desperate situation in social care. Overstretched resources mean those receiving care are not getting the level of support they need. At the […]
UNISON Newport City branch is calling on Newport City Cabinet members to rethink cost saving proposals being made around the social care services as a matter of urgency. Newport City Cabinet is scheduled to meet 21 December to commence the consultation process on the budget. The cost saving proposals being considered include an option to outsource the […]