Homecare services for people in Kirklees must be brought back in-house and delivered by the council, says UNISON today (Tuesday). The union is calling on Kirklees Council to deliver the services itself, rather than outsourcing to private care providers, as part of efforts to crack down on the exploitation of migrant care workers. Currently, anyone […]
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New migrant care worker charter will help stop exploitation in Yorkshire and Humberside, says UNISON
Councils are being urged to sign a new charter to tackle the exploitation of migrant workers across Yorkshire and Humberside, says UNISON today (Monday). The migrant worker charter launched by the union aims to prevent social care staff from becoming victims of modern slavery when they travel from overseas to work in the region. It highlights […]
Politicians across Yorkshire must step up and take serious action to crack down on the exploitation of migrant care workers, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Increasing numbers of migrant workers in the care sector have been joining UNISON over the past year and reporting incidents of exploitation they have experienced. These include being forced to pay […]
“Care companies couldn’t function without migrant care workers.” Commenting on the announcement today (Tuesday) from care minister Helen Whately that migrant care staff coming to the UK will be banned from bringing family with them after mid-March, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said: “Care companies couldn’t function without migrant care workers. Firms have to recruit from overseas […]
UNISON is calling on its migrant worker members in the Yorkshire and Humberside region to sign up to the union’s Migrant Worker Network. The network is an informal group of UNISON members with a first generation immigrant background including overseas and migrant workers, EU settled status workers and workers who have subsequently naturalised as British […]
