Care Workers
Reports round-up - Birmingham care workers overwhelmingly back more action
Home care workers in Birmingham have overwhelmingly backed more strikes in their fight against job cuts and privatisation.
No care from fat cats
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable adults face an uncertain Christmas as their care provider rushes to sell off its council contracts.
Unison must back heroic Birmingham care strikers
Birmingham’s fighting care workers were set to strike again this week.
Birmingham care strike to save services
Care workers are unleashing a huge wave of strikes at Birmingham City Council after a successful five-day strike from last Friday.
Somerset care workers plan walkouts to stop Sirona bosses’ pay cut plan
Low-paid care workers in Bath and North East Somerset are preparing to strike to head off attempts to slash their pay.
Birmingham home care workers keep up the fight
Birmingham home care workers are continuing their nine-month battle to beat off attacks on their jobs and the service
Strikers lead anti-Tory march in Birmingham
29 September 2018Chants of “Tory scum, get out of Brum” rang out in Birmingham on Saturday as around 1,200 people joined a march ahead of the Tory party conference.
Home care strikers rally in Birmingham
15 September 2018Over 100 striking home care workers and supporters rallied in Birmingham’s city centre on Saturday—their 21st day of industrial action
Birmingham care workers call more strikes in battle to save service
04 September 2018Birmingham home care workers rounded off their latest week of strikes by securing a promise of total support from Unison union general secretary Dave Prentis.
Birmingham home care strikers defy bosses’ scheming
21 August 2018Care workers in Birmingham have thrown themselves into the fight
Hundreds of home care strikers and supporters join march in Birmingham
14 August 2018Around 400 home care workers and their supporters staged a lively march through the centre of Birmingham last Saturday.
Birmingham care strikers standing solid
07 August 2018Birmingham’s heroic home carers are gearing up for a fresh week of action that will see them strike, picket and protest.
'We're striking to save care' say Birmingham home care workers
31 July 2018Home care workers in Birmingham began a two-day strike today to stop the total destruction of their service.
Care workers set to start escalating strikes against slasher bosses in Birmingham
24 July 2018Carers in Birmingham are getting ready to strike back at council bosses who want to force through redundancies and huge cuts.
Care workers lose wages after court ruling as bosses blame them for crisis
17 July 2018A legal decision is set to rob thousands of pounds from care workers’ wages.
Sirona care workers strike against pay cuts
10 July 2018Care workers in Bath and North East Somerset are striking against pay cuts.
Carers won’t work for free
03 July 2018Care workers in Bath and North East Somerset (BNES) have concluded a programme of action that saw them strike for two hours every other day for most of June.
New battle by care workers in Bath and Somerset against pay attack
26 June 2018Some 120 care workers are striking against plans to wipe up to £1,200 from their pay packets
Tories crash the NHS birthday bash
25 June 2018The NHS was launched 70 years ago but it now faces multiple challenges from Tories and bosses. Sarah Bates and Tomáš Tengely-Evans look at the attacks that threaten the service
Birmingham home carers could return to picket lines
12 June 2018Home Care workers in Birmingham could launch a fresh wave of strikes in their fight to halt the imposition of harsh new shift patterns.
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