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Councils are battling to fill hundreds of vacancies for adult and children social worker roles, and to recruit and retain carers

Social care agency staff spend for GM tops £123m in THREE YEARS George Lythgoe

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute Heather Carrick

Nurses to vote on England-wide strikes after rejecting 5% pay rise Daniel Mcneil

International Day of the Midwife falls on Friday, 5 May in 202

Happy International Day of the Midwife 2023: How to get involved Beth Franklin

Members of the Royal College of Nursing union could strike until Christmas if no deal is reached with the government over pay. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Royal College of Nursing warns of more strikes Rahmah Ghazali

Royal College of Nurses members, campaigning for fair pay and conditions, pictured previously taking part in industrial action at Altnagelvin Hospital. Photo: George Sweeney. DER2250GS - 38

RCN rejects Government’s pay offer - new 48 hour strike to go ahead Rahmah Ghazali

MP Julie Elliott alongside paramedics on the picket line outside Sunderland Ambulance station.

NHS Unison members accept pay deal offer in England

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet Will Millar

Speeches were given during the meeting at Little Fifteen

Impassioned speeches by trade union leaders as members gather in Wigan Gaynor Clarke

Staff from North West Ambulance Service on a picket line outside Wigan Community Fire and Ambulance Station in January

North West Ambulance Service bosses prepare for more strike action by staff Gaynor Clarke

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today Benjamin Jackson

Nearly a quarter of Wigan's ambulance patients waited for at least an hour

Nearly a quarter of ambulance patients waited more than an hour at hospitals Will Grimond

Christina McAnea, general secretary of UNISON, poses with ambulance workers at a picket line outside the Waterloo ambulance station in London on December 21, 2022. - Striking UK ambulance workers took to the picket lines, escalating a dispute with the government over its refusal to increase pay above inflation after recent walkouts by nurses. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

Ambulance workers in England announce two new strike dates Andrew Quinn

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022 Ethan Evans

North West Ambulance Service urged the public to call 999 only in life-threatening situations as strike action loomed

Ambulance service pleas for 999 calls only in 'life-threatening emergencies' Sean Gleaves

There are concerns for pensioners' finances over the coming months

Wigan trade union members call for "parity not poverty" for pensioners

Army staff helped operate ambulance services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1,200 troops to cover for striking ambulance & Border Force staff Dennis Morton

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations Dennis Morton

Staff at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield are on strike (Photo credit OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Wakefield’s National Coal Mining Museum staff to strike over pay Patrick Hollis

Exam board staff are striking again this week, affecting GCSE results day. Image: Ben Mullins on Unsplash

Exam board staff will strike this week on GCSE results day Aimee Seddon

A strike could bring huge parts of the railway network to a standstill

Wigan trade union members back railway workers set to strike Gaynor Clarke

Retired members Shirley Skinley and Joan Harrison on the picket line in 2020

Wigan pensioners demand action to tackle cost of living crisis Gaynor Clarke

The trust runs hospital sites including Wigan Infirmary

Wigan healthcare workers get £150 cash boost in time for Christmas Gaynor Clarke

Care home staff must be fully vaccinated from tomorrow

Covid jab deadline looms on unvaccinated care staff in Wigan Federica Bedendo

Rishi Sunak to end public sector pay freeze in Autumn Budget: what that means fo... Henry Sandercock

Unison has urged ministers to abandon the “draconian” no jab, no job policy (Photo: Getty Images)

Mandatory jab deadline for carers risks ‘catastrophic’ staff shortages Claire Schofield

Wigan Infirmary

Progress in pay dispute involving healthcare assistants at Wigan's hospitals Gaynor Clarke

A Nurse with a placard outside the Royal College of Nursingin Victoria Tower Gardens, London

NHS staff in England will get 3% pay rise after day of confusion Iain Lynn

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Trade union calls for masks in schools Clare Kelly

Frontline services are calling for more funding

Wigan in emergency worker crisis

Pupils wearing face coverings in school. Photo by Getty Images

Trade union calls for secondary schools to reintroduce face coverings for pupils Andrew Nowell

One in six Wigan care home workers have not had their first Covid jab

One in six care home workers in Wigan have not had first Covid jab Alex Ross

The Government has said early years settings should remain open to all children

Some nurseries to partially close due to safety fears Iain Lynn

There has been a large rise in staff sickness at Wigan hospitals due to stress and anxiety

Huge rise in anxiety amongst NHS staff at Wigan's hospitals Katie Williams

A school pupil being given a meal

Trade union in dispute with school meals company over cuts

Wigan Town Hall

Unison v Wigan Council in pay showdown Liam Soutar

A pupil receiving a school meal

Trade union's anger over cuts at catering firm working in Wigan schools Andrew Nowell

We Are With You staff on the picket line

Drug and alcohol rehab workers in Wigan and Leigh are now on strike – here’s why Joseph Timan

A striker outside the Coops building in Dorning Street

Wigan drug and alcohol rehab workers are back on the picket line Charles Graham

Workers on the picket line earlier in the dispute

Rehab workers to go on 10-day strike in long-running pay and dispute Andrew Nowell

A school pupil wearing a face mask on a bus

Union's concerns over regional PPE stocks for schools Andrew Nowell

Support workers on the picket line

Wigan drug and alcohol rehab workers vote for strike action again Andrew Nowell

Rehab workers on the picket line in February

Rehab workers prepare to resume strike action in long-running pay dispute Andrew Nowell

Paul Almond, who works for We Are With You

Drug and alcohol worker speaks about rehab service changes during lockdown Andrew Nowell

A nurse wearing PPE carrying out a home visit

Isolating Wigan care workers to receive full sick pay Andrew Nowell

Wigan Council will allow expanded pupil numbers from Monday

Unison disappointment at many Wigan schools 'failing' to share coronavirus risk ... Ben Butler

Wigan Council will allow expanded pupil numbers from Monday

Trade union claims Wigan schools are 'not safe' for students or staff Ben Butler

Unison is demanding care workers receive full sick pay so they can self-isolate

Trade union demands Wigan Council provides more support for care workers Andrew Nowell

These are your rights as a worker during the coronavirus pandemic Finlay Greig

Ambulances outside Wigan Infirmary

Ambulance union’s anger at PPE supply Andrew Nowell