More than 150 Yorkshire care workers are to begin a week-long strike today over savage attacks on their pay.
Profiteers Care UK took over services last year to provide care for vulnerable people in their own homes and group homes in Doncaster.
The service was part of the NHS, but Care UK undercut the NHS to win the contract last September. The NHS staff, who care for elderly people suffering dementia, were transferred to Care UK.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING


