Care Workers
11 November 2014
Labour-run Glasgow City Council is poised to make potentially fatal cuts to Glasgow Association of Mental Health (GAMH).
11 November 2014
Brighton and Hove City Council mental health staff are holding a 32-day strike over working patterns imposed by bosses.
04 November 2014
Unite union members at homelessness charity St Mungo’s Broadway were set to begin a ten-day strike from 8am on Wednesday of this week.
28 October 2014
Your Choice Barnet (YCB) workers in north London have resoundingly rejected the latest ‘improved’ pay cut from bosses at the council-controlled company.
28 October 2014
Care homes have now been deregulated to the point that operators are not being required to put in place emergency procedures.
21 October 2014
Strikers at Care UK in Doncaster ended a three-week strike last Sunday. The care workers have now struck for 90 days in eight months.
21 October 2014
A ballot by Unison union members at Your Choice Barnet (YCB) ends on Thursday of this week.
14 October 2014
Also: Your Choice Barnet strike called off
07 October 2014
A damning Care Quality Commission (CQC) report into a Suffolk residential care home reveals the standards of care deemed acceptable by owners Care UK.
07 October 2014
Doncaster Care UK strikers are set to become the longest ever health strikers in Britain on their 81st strike day on Friday of this week.
07 October 2014
Care workers at Your Choice Barnet (YCB) in north London have announced two strike days.
30 September 2014
Doncaster Care UK workers launched a fresh three-week strike on Monday of this week.
30 September 2014
Tory-run Barnet Council in north London is giving preferential treatment to private firms over its own local authority trading company, Your Choice Barnet (YCB).
23 September 2014
Care workers in the Unison union struck last week in their dispute over pay with bosses at Your Choice Barnet (YCB) in north London.
16 September 2014
Care workers in north London have announced four more days of strikes in their dispute over pay with bosses at Your Choice Barnet (YCB).
09 September 2014
Striking care workers in Doncaster and London brought their struggles together on Tuesday of this week in their fight against low pay and privatisation.
02 September 2014
Care UK strikers in Doncaster are calling on the Labour Party to back their struggle against the Tories’ NHS privatisation.
02 September 2014
Care workers at Your Choice Barnet (YCB) in north London are set to strike on Monday and Tuesday of next week against a 9.5 percent pay cut.
02 September 2014
A public petition has been launched to reinstate Claire Lyall, a community worker and Unison union vice-convenor of Glasgow social work shop stewards.
02 September 2014
Vulnerable people and their care workers are losing out in a race to cut costs