Overview: Show You Care

First strike at private care homes as staff fight for fairness - Tuesday, September 5, 2023

The first strike at private care homes in Scotland began today [TUESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER] as staff accuse managers of attacking their pay and conditions

Carers vote on industrial action to protect pay

GMB Scotland members at three care homes in Glasgow are voting on industrial action after new owners attempted to slash wages and derecognise the union.

Kirsty Nimmo, GMB Scotland Organiser, speaks to BBC Radion Scotland, click on the image below to here the full interview.

GMB believes it’s time to show you care about the future social care in Scotland

Employers and politicians need to stop skirting around the problems in social care.

The crisis isn’t coming, it’s already here.

Click on the image above or go to:  www.gmbscotland.org.uk/equal-pay-petition to sign GMB's petition and support GMB Scotland members in Tayside.

GMB Scotland, Women's Campaign Unit Organiser Cara Stevenson tells Go Radio, this morning, Monday 15 May 2023, about the social care crisis "This is a highly skilled role that relies a lot on experience, because you are dealing with people and that's what a lot of people forget when dealing with social care." Click on the image below or follow this link to here the ful interview:  https://bit.ly/44ZDmxv

GMB Scotland, Women's Campaign Unit Organiser Cara Stevenson tells GMS, this morning Wednesday 10 May 2023,  that the crisis in social care "is no longer a crisis it's an emergency situation...and something needs to be done now." Click on the image below or follow this link to here the ful interview: https://bit.ly/3BeCLKH

GMB Scotland's Campaign For £15 An Hour Social Care Minimum Wage
It's Time To Value Workers In The Care Sector 

Click on the image below for our Fight for £15 Frequently Asked Questions 

Moving Composite Motion 5 “Transforming Social Care” at The Scottish Labour Party Annual Conference 2022,  GMB’s Glasgow Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) Branch Convenor Shona Thomson calls for the implementation of a £15 minimum wage “as soon as possible” to tackle understaffing and cost-of-living crises facing the sector and its staff.

GMB believes it’s time to show you care about the future social care in Scotland.

Employers and politicians need to stop skirting around the problems in social care.

The crisis isn’t coming, it’s already here.

We are facing a demographic time-bomb with an ageing population that will live longer and put more pressure on the livelihoods of staff and their services.

Scotland is now in a second decade of cuts to public service funding which is cementing the ‘race to the bottom’ on standards.

Social care is mired in low pay, insecure work and basic employment rights abuses. More work, more cuts and less security; it’s not a credible prescription for the future of care.

We must change the way we look at social care and the people who are employed to deliver it. Everyone can play their part.

That’s why GMB is asking: “Show You Care”. Back our campaign for a new deal for social care workers, calling for:

• Social care staff to be recognised and rewarded for the professionals they are
• A regulatory framework that works the interest of staff and not against them
• A Scottish social care agreement that covers every employee and employer

If we can improve standards for the people who work in the sector then we can raise standards for service users and their families too; a new deal where everyone benefits. 

You can read the full Show You Care report here: https://tinyurl.com/yyt6hdc2

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