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• UNISON launches its campaign for a National Care Service in England

  05-04-2023 09:02
  
  UNISON today launched its campaign for a National Care Service in England, a nationally recognised institution that will bring about consistent standards of care for older and disabled people, and consistent terms and conditions for the workforce.
  Most social care in England is commissioned by local government and delivered by private and independent companies. The system has been run down by a combination of huge funding cuts to councils and profit extraction by some providers. National care st
  
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• Environment agency workers to walk out for four more days, says UNISON

  05-04-2023 09:02
  
  Thousands of Environment Agency workers in England are to strike for four days over pay later this month, blaming government inaction for putting communities, waters and wildlife at risk, says UNISON today (Wednesday).
  Despite months of strikes and other action where workers have taken themselves off ‘on call’ incident response rotas, ministers have made no attempt to invite unions in for pay talks, says UNISON.
  The union’s latest action means staff working on coastal
  
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• Launching UNISON’s campaign for a National Care Service

  05-04-2023 08:05
  
  It’s clear to everyone that social care is broken. During the pandemic, this crucial public service was left exposed to the ravages of COVID-19. Care workers forced to work without PPE, no sick pay for self-isolation and older and disabled patients discharged from hospitals into care homes while COVID-positive. It led to a national tragedy and the scale of loss was among the worse in Europe.
  But the problems in social care didn’t start when COVID-19 arrived. For decades, governments
  
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• Blog: Launching UNISON’s campaign for a National Care Service

  05-04-2023 08:05
  
  It’s clear to everyone that social care is broken. During the pandemic, this crucial public service was left exposed to the ravages of COVID-19. Care workers forced to work without PPE, no sick pay for self-isolation and older and disabled patients discharged from hospitals into care homes while COVID-positive. It led to a national tragedy and the scale of loss was among the worse in Europe.
  But the problems in social care didn’t start when COVID-19 arrived. For decades, governments
  
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