Care workers put their lives on the line for £8.72 an hour during COVID

Community conference attendees in Glasgow at the weekend heard how social care workers put their lives on the line for the minimum wage of just £8.72 an hour during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Delegates told conference that is it ‘shameful’ that, throughout the pandemic, social care workers were exposed to deadly risks without appropriate PPE.
Before the pandemic, the social care sector was already in crisis.
In 2018, UNISON’s Care in Need report found that nearl