It is crucial to all existing members that we continue to grow our base in social care. The more members we have, the more pressure we can put on employers to listen to the concerns of their staff and make improvements. New UNISON members help strengthen existing ones!
Can you distribute some of our handy contact cards at your workplace? It will take just a few minutes but they could be the most important minutes of your week!
Email dave.gorton@unisondc.co.uk and we'll post some out to you.
DCC Care worker (Community) - short-term services consultation (21 Mar 2023)
UNISON to campaign for a national care service (21 Jun 2022)
Government must commit to social worker reform (25 May 2022)
Care workers put their lives on the line for £8.72 an hour during COVID (30 Mar 2022)
Council apologises to UNISON for non-consultation over homecare payments (24 Feb 2022)
UNISON seeks answers from council over payments to home care workers (21 Feb 2022)
Press reports about £500 payments to home care workers (17 Feb 2022)
Take the profiteering out of care and pay staff fair wages (29 Sep 2021)
Huge vacancy rates across care sector adding to staff mental health crisis (16 Sep 2021)
Isolation changes must happen with boosted safety measures (20 Jul 2021)
Care employers still not giving sick pay to Covid-hit staff (14 Jun 2021)
Post-pandemic contract would give low-paid care workers a better deal (7 Jun 2021)
Government must act over minimum wage laws affecting care workers (28 Apr 2021)
Sleep-in decision blow for everyone in social care (19 Mar 2021)
- Get tough with care home operators not paying their share of tax (1 Mar 2021)
Social care resources
Can you help us build UNISON in social care?
THE UPDATE for social care
Read and circulate our regular news updates