Care workers sign for UNISON


A union organising campaign among care workers in the North West has netted hundreds of new members for public services union UNISON. Some 210,000 care workers are employed in the region.


The Care Workers for Change campaign is currently only at its halfway stage, but regional delegate Janet Harrison told last month’s UNISON community service group conference that it had already bolstered membership. Increases include more than 250 new members across Four Seasons and Methodist Homes, 160-plus in BUPA homes (despite great hostility from the employer), 350-plus across homes in Stockport and growth across a variety of providers in Salford, Sefton, Oldham and Manchester.


The region has also lodged more than 150 National Minimum Wage claims against 13 employers.


The union’s next big challenge is to get the employers to recognise the union.

https://www.unison.org.uk/news/article/2018/03/community-change