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GMB is your union in social care: for all job roles and in all employers.

We campaign for pay justice by demanding improvements in pay and terms for the social care workforce, professional recognition, mental health support, and safer staffing levels.

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Latest news from GMB in the care sector

16 Jun 2021

‘Ill thought through’ plan to mandate vaccinations could lead to care staff ‘exodus’

More than a third of our GMB Union carers would consider packing their jobs in if vaccines were mandated

07 Jun 2021

Strengthen 'do not resuscitate' laws to protect carers, GMB tells ministers

GMB care members threatened with dismissal if they don’t ignore existing DNR order, GMB Congress hears

27 May 2021

Lack of strategy ‘abundantly clear’ – time for a public inquiry

Health and care workers were ‘put in the line of fire as the government squabbled and lied to each other’

11 May 2021

Social care propped up by 'unpaid hours and poverty pay'

Lack of ‘political will’ in Queen's Speech to fix the broken system

27 Apr 2021

Mental health and social care

Social care workers are more likely to report poor mental health than other workers – and the gap is widening

23 Apr 2021

Three quarters of care workers’ mental health has worsened during pandemic

Urgent action needed to battle ‘mental health crisis’ in social care

15 Apr 2021

Care worker mandatory vaccinations 'incredibly bad idea'

Instead of using carers as guinea pigs the govt should increase sick pay so workers can afford to isolate

31 Mar 2021

More than 350 deaths and 31,000 infections linked to Covid-19 exposure at work

Health and social care workers made up 70% of reported occupational deaths

23 Mar 2021

Lockdown one year on: GMB calls for NHS key workers to have pay justice

Everyone is watching and waiting for NHS Pay Review Body to do the right thing

23 Mar 2021

Forced social care vaccinations 'more shoddy behaviour from government without trust of workforce'

We-know-best approach will cause unnecessary anxiety and discontent among care workers

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