Care Workers
Care UK pay cuts made me homeless, says Doncaster striker
30 July 2014Care UK workers in Doncaster are fighting pay cuts so devastating that they have already made one woman worker homeless.
Two-week strike set for Doncaster Care UK staff
29 July 2014Care workers in Doncaster began a two-week strike on Tuesday of this week.
Care UK workers plot new struggle
15 July 2014Care UK workers in Doncaster were set to meet this week to discuss the results of a strike ballot over a new pay claim of £7.65 an hour.
New ballot over pay claim at Care UK in Doncaster
08 July 2014Care UK workers in Doncaster were set to begin a two-week strike ballot over a new pay claim on Wednesday of this week. They could strike from 25 July.
The Tories' merger plan isn't about improving health or social care
08 July 2014The political consensus to merge social care and the health service would be a disaster, unless the cuts are stopped and more funding is provided, writes Raymie Kiernan
Care UK staff determined to continue fight over pay
24 June 2014Doncaster Care UK workers have voted by 85 percent for more strikes in a consultative ballot. The Unison union members will now ballot for strikes over pay.
Industrial in brief
17 June 2014Big majority for action at Newsquest | Hall cleaners fight to keep their jobs | Teachers to walk out over redundancies | NUT general secretary election | Gwalia care workers defend conditions | Justice for Domestic Workers protest
100 percent strike vote to stop pay cuts at Your Choice Barnet
03 June 2014Care workers in Barnet, north London, have delivered a thumping 100 percent vote to strike.
Desperate bosses try new bribe at Care UK
03 June 2014Care UK workers are preparing to resume their battle against a savage attack on their pay and conditions.
Doncaster Care UK workers meet to decide next move
27 May 2014Doncaster Care UK workers’ strike committee was set to meet on Wednesday of this week to decide the next steps in their dispute. The Unison union members have struck for 34 days since the end of February.
Care UK strikers say, ‘We can win this dispute’
20 May 2014Doncaster Care UK workers finished a 14-day strike last Sunday in their continuing battle against bosses’ savage attacks on their pay and conditions. The Unison union members have now struck for 34 days since the end of February.
Doncaster Care UK strikers bring their message to bosses HQ in London
14 May 2014Care UK’s owners, private equity firm Bridgepoint Capital, received a visit to their London offices this morning by angry striking care workers from Doncaster.
Roving pickets ramp up the pressure as Doncaster Care UK strike enters second week
13 May 2014Doncaster Care UK workers are in their second week of a 14-day strike against savage attacks on their pay and conditions by bosses.
The terrible price of ‘conveyor belt social care’
06 May 2014Workers who care for elderly and disabled people are under attack in the media and from greedy new bosses racing to cut corners. They spoke to Raymie Kiernan about how privatisation and cuts are making life in care homes more stressful and dangerous—for workers and those they care for
Workers out for 14 days in Doncaster - determined to beat Care UK
06 May 2014Care UK workers in Doncaster began a 14-day strike on Monday of this week. The leading NHS privatiser has launched a massive attack on workers with the introduction of new contracts last month.
After Unison postpones strike Gwalia workers say, ‘We won’t be walked over’
06 May 2014A 12-hour strike by residential care workers in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales, set for Tuesday this week has been called off. A 24-hour strike has been called in its place from 7pm on Tuesday of next week.
Care UK strikers step up fight with 14-day stoppage
29 April 2014Doncaster Care UK workers were set to start a two-week strike on Monday of next week. It’s an escalation of their ongoing dispute against attacks on terms and conditions.
Gwalia care home staff walk out over private bosses’ cuts
29 April 2014Care workers in Neath Port Talbot, south Wales, were set to strike on Tuesday of next week. They face attacks on jobs and conditions—and a pay cut of up to 16 percent.
Care UK workers plan two-week strike as bosses offer bribes
22 April 2014Doncaster strikers are stepping up their fight against Care UK bosses, reports Raymie Kiernan
Doncaster rally for Care UK workers as new four-day strike set to begin
15 April 2014Care UK workers in Doncaster are set to strike for another four days over the Easter weekend starting on Friday this week.
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