Hundreds of UK care workers threaten walkout over wage cuts

Lower flat rate for sleep-in shifts could leave staff out of pocket by up to £40 a nightMore than 600 low-paid care workers are this week voting on strike action in response to moves by employers to start imposing wage cuts in the row over minimum rates for sleep-in shifts caused by protracted legal wrangling and indecision in government.Unison members at Alternative Futures Group, a charity which employs 2,500 care staff, mainly in the north-west, are threatening an initial 48-hour walkou