In this free for members webinar, we explore the introduction of a Fair Pay Agreement for adult social care represents a significant shift for our sector.
For many homecare providers, this raises important questions:
- What will this mean in practice?
- How should we engage with trade unions?
- How can we build constructive, professional relationships that support our workforce and our business?
This webinar brings together three trade union representatives to share their perspectives directly with homecare employers. It is a valuable opportunity to hear first-hand what matters most to unions, how they approach working with employers, and what effective engagement looks like in practice.
Speakers
Gavin Edwards - Senior National Offier for Social Care - UNISON
Gavin has been with UNISON since 2007, working in a variety of roles at national office, including bargaining support and national officer for the Community Service Group. Since December 2019, he has been Senior National Officer for Social Care. He is lead negotiator on behalf of UNISON social care members for national employers and runs UNISON’s ‘Let’s Make Care Work’ campaign for a National Care Service in England. UNISON is the largest union in the care sector. Gavin leads for UNISON on Fair Pay Agreement in Social Care.
Peter Davies - Regional Manager - GMB
Peter is a regional manager (senior organiser) for the third largest trade union in the UK, the GMB. They represent over half a million workers in the private, public and not for profit sectors. Peter has helped to produce the GMB Ethical Home Care Commissioning Charter and lead for the North East, Yorkshire and Humber Region on their care campaigns. By working with providers over the past four years Peter has seen that the way we commission care on the cheap in the UK, under valuing the care as well as the carers themselves, is driven by Westminster choices and embedded through procurement in our Council Town halls and, that’s where he says we must change it.
Janet Williamson - Head of Corporate Governance and Collective Bargaining - Trades Union Congress
Janet is head of corporate governance and collective bargaining in the TUC's Rights, International, Social and Economics department, responsible for policy on corporate governance, institutional investment, executive pay and corporate social responsibility. She's the Chair of Trade Union Share Owners, an initiative that brings together union funds to collaborate on voting and engagement at company AGMs, and a trustee of the TUC Superannuation Society. She also contributes to TUC pensions policy and campaigning.