3 d. ago Wes Streeting unveils historic Fair Pay Agreement for social care workers

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he will no longer accept a social care system ‘built on poverty pay and zero hours contracts’

Economics

3 d. ago New negotiating body comprised of trade unions and employers will help end 'poverty pay and zero hours exploitation' for care workers

The health and social care secretary today pledged £500million of funding to boost pay and conditions in the sector and described it as 'just the start'.

Economics

4 d. ago Too few social care workers leaves Britain without ‘legal safe staffing levels’

GMB union demands the UK employs enough carers to look after our aging population in motion at Labour Party Conference

Politics

7 d. ago Canada postal workers strike after government orders end to door

Union says it’s ‘outraged and appalled’ by government’s order of sweeping changes to the national servicePostal workers in Canada have gone on strike after the government warned of an “existential crisis” and ordered sweeping changes to the national service – including an end to door-to-door delivery within the decade.The union representing Canada Post employees described the proposed changes as “an attack” on its workers who have struggled to compete with a surge in private courier services. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Migrant carers in Cardiff faced threats and discrimination from employers

Cardiff Council faces a shortage of care workers, it has been warned

Events

2 w. ago Merseyside care home worker involved in supply of drugs said she'd 'make a killing'

Morgan Quigley 'felt she couldn't say no' to her drug-dealing manager and predator Lindy Leah

Events

2 w. ago Sephora workers on the rise of chaotic child shoppers: ‘She looked 10 years old and her skin was burning’

Preteens are parroting influencer speak, stealing and demanding anti-ageing products. Experts say the pressure to fit in is intense – and the beauty stores aren’t helpingJessica, 25, was working a shift at Sephora when a little girl who looked about 10 ran up to one of her colleagues, crying. “Her skin was burning,” Jessica said, “it was tomato red. She had been running around, putting every acid you can think of on the palm of her hand, then all over her face. One of our estheticians had to tend to her skin. Her parents were nowhere to be seen.”Former Sephora employee KM, 25, has her war stories too. Like the day a woman was caught shoplifting and told the security guard “she was trying to steal because her kid was getting bullied because she didn’t have a Dior lip gloss. [The mom] couldn’t afford it but her daughter told her she is going to get made fun of at school.” Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago US diplomats ‘fear’ telling the Trump administration hard truths amid firings, says report

State department union warned employees in email that diplomats are facing something ‘unlike anything we’ve seen’

Politics

3 w. ago Third sector care workers in Scotland invited to enter prestigious national awards

Nominations are now open for a prestigious award ceremony celebrating those working in the not-for-profit health and care sector across Scotland and beyond.

Events

3 w. ago Teachers sue over Trump's immigration crackdown, saying students are staying home

Labor unions representing educators and school employees are suing President Donald Trump's administration over its immigration crackdown

Society

3 w. ago Care workers employed by Enable Scotland held day of strike action in Airdrie

Staff held a rally at Airdrie town hall before marching to the town's MSP Neil Gray's office.

Society

3 w. ago This is no time to overload business with new employment regulations

Editorial: Unions have warned the government not to water down its workers' rights bill following Angela Rayner’s departure. But substantial hikes in the minimum wage and employers’ national insurance contributions, coupled with anaemic growth, could imperil all that this Labour government seeks to achieve

Politics

3 w. ago Starmer warned not to row back on workers’ rights after Rayner departure

Union boss says employment rights bill ‘is a vital first step in tipping the balance back toward workers’

Events

3 w. ago Air Canada flight attendants vote against agreement reached last month, but operations to continue

About 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants have voted down the the employer’s wage offer that the union and airline agreed to last month but another walkout is not expected

Politics

3 w. ago Reshuffle of junior ministers raises fears over future of Labour’s workers’ rights bill

Some believe fight is looming over sweeping reforms after employment rights minister Justin Madders sacked and union allies sidelinedKeir Starmer has sought to tighten his grip on his government with a wave of junior ministerial changes that has sidelined allies of the unions, raising questions over the future of Labour’s workers’ rights package.The reshuffle has been used by Downing Street to signal a tougher stance on immigration in an apparent bid to take on Reform UK, with Shabana Mahmood – a self-described social conservative rising star – now in charge of the Home Office, supported by Sarah Jones who returns to her former policing brief. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago California health care workers fired for posting TikTok mocking patients: ‘Guess the substance’

The viral video led to the group of healthcare workers being fired.

Science

last month Scottish SPCA balloted over strike action after 'years of pay neglect'

Union chiefs have told that around 140 members employed by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) are being balloted.

Events