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More than 60 carers for the disabled holding one of the longest strikes in the health service were celebrating on Saturday night as a private equity-owned employer offered a pay deal set to “pave the way” to the end of the industrial action.
After 90 days of strikes by staff transferred from the NHS to work for Care UK on wages cut by up to 35%, the care workers are now set to vote on an offer.
It could prove a major development in the social care sector, where the privatisation of services, and involvement of private equity owners, has corresponded with pay being driven down across the country. Following the Observer’s front page report on the strike, Care UK has offered all staff an immediate 2% pay rise, with further increases scheduled for 2015 and 2016. This would mean employees receive a 2% pay rise in both years, or an increase equivalent to the consumer price index if that is higher.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/08/care-uk-workers-celebrate-pay-offer-strikes
After 90 days of strikes by staff transferred from the NHS to work for Care UK on wages cut by up to 35%, the care workers are now set to vote on an offer.
It could prove a major development in the social care sector, where the privatisation of services, and involvement of private equity owners, has corresponded with pay being driven down across the country. Following the Observer’s front page report on the strike, Care UK has offered all staff an immediate 2% pay rise, with further increases scheduled for 2015 and 2016. This would mean employees receive a 2% pay rise in both years, or an increase equivalent to the consumer price index if that is higher.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/08/care-uk-workers-celebrate-pay-offer-strikes