​Proper action needed for Black workers in health and care

Commenting on the publication today (Thursday) of a new report on racial inequality in health and social care by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
“Black workers make a vital contribution to the health and care sector but are all too often at the bottom of the pay scale as care workers, porters, healthcare assistants and catering staff. They frequently face shocking discrimination, threatening their health, job security and life chanc