Service at risk : Scots local authority social workers providing emergency cover vote for strike action SOCIAL workers providing out of hours emergency cover in a Scots local authority have voted for strike action in a pay dispute. The Unite and UNISON Scotland unions say their social work members have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in consultative ballots. Unite members voted in a consultative ballot 100% in favour for action short of strike action, and by 100% for strike action. UNISON members also voted by 100% in favour for action short of strike action, and by 78% for strike action. Both unions say they will now move towards formal industrial action ballots involving social workers in a dispute over standby payments in which Argyll and Bute Council pay well below the Scottish Joint Council social work standby rates.
Carer breaks silence on dangerous care home where happy soul choked to death Nearly every shift you would be like what are we coming into .
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Janice Allport, 54, from Childwall, who was a former support worker at Vancouver House care home (Image: Janice Allport)
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