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30 April 2015
Bromley workers escalate strikes
Unite members working for Bromley council have begun a big escalation of the strike campaign launched to defend workers' rights and fight off mass privatisation, writes Socialist Party members in Bromley.
11 March 2015
Southampton care homes protest: Residents' carers, workers and supporters gathered in Shirley precinct in Southampton on 7 March to rally support for Woodside Lodge and other day services and care homes under threat from the Labour council
21 January 2015
Underpaid: Prime Minister David Cameron reckons he's getting tough with employers who pay below the statutory minimum wage of £6.50 an hour to their workers
3 December 2014
Home care crisis: A new report by former care minister Paul Burstow has slammed the home care system in England as putting people at risk because of underfunding and the exploitation of care workers
12 November 2014
Care UK workers to ballot on 2% pay deal
Doncaster Care UK workers are to ballot on an offer after 90 strike days over 10 months
12 November 2014
Little charity from high paid care bosses
Low wage Britain: Five million workers in Britain are on low pay. I'm one of them
5 November 2014
London buses: London bus drivers in the Unite union have voted in a consultative ballot by 96% in favour of taking industrial action over sector-wide pay
1 October 2014
Doncaster Care UK workers start record strike
On 29 September a further three weeks' strike action started
Striking Care UK workers outside the company's Mansion House in Doncaster, 09.08.14, photo Alistair Tice
12 August 2014
Care UK workers to strike for three weeks
"We're Yorkshire folk, we're like a dog with a bone. We won't give up, we'll never surrender."
14 May 2014
Outsourced care workers fight to stop pay cuts
Care workers who were transferred to working for Grwp Gwalia two years ago are striking to retain their terms and conditions
8 May 2014
Care UK workers start 14 days of strike action
Hands went up to volunteer to join the Doncaster Care UK strike committee
7 May 2014
For-profit companies don't care: Yet another exposé into the abuse of elderly people hit the headlines. BBC's Panorama broadcast the latest in a string of shocking video evidence of direct abuse and neglect within care homes.
8 April 2014
Care UK strike: national union support needed
Doncaster Care UK workers have taken a further two days of strike action, fighting NHS privatisation and pay cuts
26 March 2014
Doncaster care workers determined to win
Over 100 Doncaster Care UK workers, members of Unison, started their second seven-day strike on 19 March
19 March 2014
Care workers determined to win
Care UK workers began their second seven-day strike on Wednesday 19 March
Doncaster Care UK workers striking in March 2014, photo A Tice
6 March 2014
Solidarity with Doncaster care strikers
"Historic is an over-used word" said Unison officer Jim Bell, "but it really is historic that Care UK workers are striking 30 years on from the miners' strike"
Protest picket outside Care UK’s Doncaster office , photo A Tice
27 February 2014
Determined Doncaster care workers in 7-day strike
"Cowardly company of carpet-baggers" is how Unison officer Jim described Care UK, that is tearing up staff terms and conditions
19 February 2014
Doncaster care workers vote for seven-day strike
Care UK workers in Doncaster have voted by over 90% for serious action against attacks on pay and conditions
19 February 2014
Care worker action escalates in Glasgow
The Glasgow care workers strike action is growing stronger and more solid. After taking two 48-hour strikes in January nearly 400 Unison members involved completed a 72-hour strike over the Valentine's weekend
17 February 2014
Glasgow care workers escalate action
The Glasgow care workers' strike action is growing stronger and more solid. After taking two 48-hour strikes in January the around 400 Unison members involved have now just completed a 72-hour strike
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