Care Workers
Residents left without food as care crisis grows
13 December 2016Some care home residents face hefty bills as the quality of care gets worse, says Raymie Kiernan
Social care cuts feed back into NHS crisis
18 October 2016Adult social care services in England are at “tipping point”, according to the Care Quality Commission watchdog.
Billions made from care home crisis
05 January 2016Care homes are charging residents and local authorities tens of thousands every year while many care workers are paid less than the minimum wage. But nursing home bosses predict that scores will close because they are not making enough money. Raymie Kiernan says the big firms that stand behind social care are still raking it in
Care workers kick off Bromley council strikes
01 September 2015Council workers in Bromley, south London, launched a new wave of strikes against Tory mass privatisation plans last week.
Capitalism doesn't care
11 August 2015The Care Quality Commission (CQC) watchdog is receiving more than 150 allegations of abuse in adult care services every day, a new report has found.
Angry Glasgow homelessness strikers hand back their long service awards
05 May 2015The all-out strike by Glasgow City Council workers entered its sixth week on Tuesday of this week.
Social work conference inspires a radical vision of care
14 April 2015Some 450 people attended the Social Work Action Network (Swan) conference in Paisley last weekend.
Devolving the care cuts will not help to stop them
14 April 2015Plans to merge NHS and social care in Manchester won’t empower patients or carers but drive the market even deeper into health
Barnet care workers strike back against Tory service cuts
31 March 2015A struggle by care workers in Barnet, north London to defend pay and a quality care service has got bosses on the ropes. It’s bad news for the council privatisers, reports Raymie Kiernan
Your Choice Barnet care workers choose another walkout against pay cut
24 March 2015Unison union members at Your Choice Barnet (YCB) in north London were set to begin a three?day strike on Wednesday of this week against a 9.5 percent pay cut.
Your Choice Barnet workers strike back against attacks on pay
24 February 2015Care workers in Barnet, north London, walked out for 48 hours on Tuesday of this week.
Your Choice Barnet care workers strike back against pay cut
22 January 2015Care workers in north London walked out today, Thursday, to begin a two-day strike against an imposed 9.5 percent pay cut – their fifth strike day in as many months.
Workers say Care UK pay deal is nothing to celebrate
02 December 2014After 90 days of strikes care workers in Doncaster have voted to accept a new pay offer.
Up against the clock - the truth about night shift work
18 November 2014Shift work is putting the health of millions of people in danger with regular reports detailing the risks. Raymie Kiernan spoke to workers whose body clocks are driven haywire by relentless rotas
In pictures: Hundreds protest against Glasgow mental health cuts
14 November 2014Up to 500 people protested outside Glasgow City Chambers on Wednesday of this week against a proposed 40 percent funding cut to Glasgow Association of Mental Health.
St Mungo's strikers say: 'We won, so can you'
11 November 2014When bosses tried to slash our conditions and break our union, we had to fight back
Bosses offer deal to end longrunning Care UK dispute
11 November 2014Raymie Kiernan considers what is at stake for Doncaster Care UK workers as they vote on a new offer
32-day mental health walkout over working patterns in Brighton
11 November 2014Brighton and Hove City Council mental health staff are holding a 32-day strike over working patterns imposed by bosses.
Resist cuts to mental health services in Glasgow
11 November 2014Labour-run Glasgow City Council is poised to make potentially fatal cuts to Glasgow Association of Mental Health (GAMH).
All out for ten days in St Mungo’s Broadway next strike
04 November 2014Unite union members at homelessness charity St Mungo’s Broadway were set to begin a ten-day strike from 8am on Wednesday of this week.
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