Union promotes ethical care charter

Renfrewshire Council in Scotland is the latest local authority to sign up to the ethical care charter promoted by public services union UNISON. The charter commits councils to buying homecare only from providers who give workers enough time, training and a living wage, so they can provide better quality care for thousands of service users who rely on it. And earlier this month the union reported that Optalis, a company, operating in Wokingham in the south of England, was the first local authority trading company to sign up to the charter. [Read more on Renfrewshire at > UNISON->http://www