Sick of SSP Campaign Noticeboard
Your latest updates on the campaign for full sick pay for care sector workers
Care Workers are Sick of SSP!
Proper sick pay makes for safer workplaces - care workers are sick of SSP!
As care sector workers, we know that without proper sick pay, our workplaces are less safe.
When care workers can't afford to take time off sick, they're under pressure to bring their illness to work, exposing both colleagues and residents.
Nine out of ten care workers can’t afford to take time off sick, while just 1% get full company sick pay.
Poor sick pay policies lead to unhealthy workplaces - that's why care workers are sick of SSP.
GMB is the only union fighting for sick pay for care workers - and we're winning.
If you believe proper sick pay will make your workplace safer, use the resources below to build a Sick of SSP campaign in your workplace.
Sick of SSP Resources
Latest Sick of SSP News
27 February 2019
Cross party group to tackle care crisis
GMB Union calls for urgent action need as social care system ‘crumbling beneath us’.
19 February 2019
GMB backs Labour call for a “Care for Carers” package
New policy comes after MP’s hear harrowing testimony from GMB members.
2 November 2018
Big win for GMB foster carers
Government rightly extends bereavement leave.
4 June 2018
At least 166,000 trapped in social care debt
More than 1,100 taken to court by local authorities for social care debt during past two years.
8 February 2018
Social care a 'ticking timebomb'
NAO report shows Britain's army of careworkers are overworked, underpaid and denied the career…