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• South Gloucestershire social workers strike over pay

  04-04-2023 07:52
  
  Social workers and occupational therapists working for South Gloucestershire Council are to strike from today (Tuesday), says UNISON.
  Staff will walk out for three days from today until Thursday (4 to 6 April) after voting overwhelmingly* for industrial action in a dispute over pay.
  UNISON has been in dispute with the local authority since last summer. This is over its decision to award staff in children’s services an additional temporary £
  
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• Funding failure shows government’s disregard for the social care sector

  04-04-2023 01:01
  
  Responding to a halving in the government’s promised £500m investment in the social care workforce, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said today (Tuesday):
  “The investment announced in 2021 was nowhere near enough to address the deep crisis in social care.
  “It didn’t deal with the poverty wages and absence of sick pay rife in social care. By slashing those already inadequate plans, ministers have proved they have nothing but disregard for the sector.
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