UNISON welcomes Welsh pay announcement for care workers

UNISON Cymru/Wales has welcomed today’s announcement by the Welsh government that care workers in the country are to receive a bonus of £1,000 in April, alongside the introduction of the real living wage.
However, the union has warned that more needs to be done if care workers are to be encouraged to stay or come into the sector and has voiced disappointment that neither the one-off payment nor the introduction of the real living wage are being made to non-care staff.
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