Delegates hear of the successes and continuing challenges in battle to protect social care workers and the people who need their care
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homecare
Local government conference hears of the negative impacts on Black, migrant, women and LGBT workers of zero-hours contracts
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UNISON has welcomed the recent ruling by HMRC to force a major homecare provider to pay its staff £600,000 in arrears after failing to pay them for their travel time
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Today’s Kingsmill Report on working conditions in the UK care sector is a comprehensive programme of recommendations that would begin to redress the exploitation of the homecare workforce
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UNISON members working for Care UK took their struggle to London today, where they lobbied Bridgepoint Capital, the private equity investor that bought the company in 2010
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UNISON members working within Grwp Gwalia care services will start a 24 hour period of strike action to defend against cuts to pay, terms and conditions
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UNISON is postponing strike action due to take place at Gwalia homecare next week in order to ensure the safety of homecare service users
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UNISON staged a further demonstration outside Gwalia headquarters in Swansea today, as it urged the employer to come back to the table before the start of planned strike action next week
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