Latest council signs up to Ethical Care Charter

Cheshire West and Chester is latest local authority to sign up to better care and better conditions for care workers

News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON comment on EU court ruling on travel time to work

Mobile workers must now be paid for all their travel time – and Ministers must plan how this will be funded

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Leeds signs up to care charter

Yorkshire city becomes one of largest councils to sign up to decent care, fair pay and fair employment for homecare providers

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Inadequate homecare training putting elderly and disabled at risk

A UNISON survey of more than 1,000 care workers found that staff are increasingly being asked to perform intimate procedures that would previously have only been carried out by registered nurses

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

MP backs UNISON’s Ethical Care charter

Yasmin Qureshi gives her support to Bolton UNISON petition urging council to sign-up to UNISON’s care charter

Article on the UNISON National site.

Care Certificate guidance coming soon

With the new Care Certificate coming soon for all new healthcare support workers in England, UNISON is preparing materials and guidance to support our members and reps

Article on the UNISON National site.

Help illegally underpaid care workers

This Decent Jobs Week, UNISON is focusing attention on the 220,000 care workers who are illegally underpaid

Article on the UNISON National site.

Taking care in Westminster

UNISON to the fore as Lords debate working conditions in the care sector

Article on the UNISON National site.

Care UK strikers celebrate victory

The longest running social care strike in the history of the NHS has formally ended after 90 days

Article on the UNISON National site.

Camden Council adopts Ethical Care Charter

Latest local authority to adopt charter will help people in the borough who receive homecare services as well as the 860 strong home care workforce

Article on the UNISON National site.