Mencap Support Worker

I am a Mencap Support Worker and I've had enough of being treated badly by my employer.

[Mencap Support Worker @MencapW]

I work for Mencap, a charity that fought it's lowest paid workers in court to pay them less than the minimum wage and pays the ceo more 167k a year. I struggle to make ends meet and bring up my children while the ceo spends money on expensive hairdressers. Time to fight back.

[Debra Claridge @DebraClaridge]

Come on Jeremy listen to care workers the most abused and exploited workers in the country - thousands systematically denied minimum wage by financially driven employers who avoid tax! Give them a voice !!
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[Debra Claridge @DebraClaridge]

I am angry for all the care workers out there without a voice. I am angry that these workers are ignored & systematically abused every single day by their own employers; who breach both min wage & employment law. #awakeonasleepin
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#Mencap #SocialistSunday

[#awakeonasleepin @awakeonasleepin]

Another Sunday shout out to @PenroseCare . Thank you for supporting us and for paying your employees NMW for sleep ins from the start! Does anybody else's employers pay NMW for sleep ins? Let us know! #awakeonasleepin

[#awakeonasleepin @awakeonasleepin]

This #SocialistSunday we recommend following this lovely lot: @CW4Change @CareWorkersFund @DrLJBHayes @jshannontreacy @DebraClaridge @DanCardenMP @cinnibarpuddle @Ex90daystrikers @CEB1980 @BristolCWN @BSOP11 @mac123_m Thank-you from #awakeonasleepin

[#awakeonasleepin @awakeonasleepin]

Who cares for the carers? It isn't unscrupulous employers in the Care Sector who impose long shifts often 24hrs+ without statutory breaks in contravention of the WTD. Employers need to do much more to protect Careworker's health #awakeonasleepin #SocialistSunday #Lab18

[Debra Claridge @DebraClaridge]

@munro_bronagh Same things happening in social care where private 'care' providers steal from their own care staff & put profit before care. How about @BBCPanorama give a voice to care workers denied min wage?
#awakeonasleepin
#Mencap @lindaroslynd @abstraktnature @laurapdtp @jshannontreacy

[Princess Peach @wari_woo]

@mencap_charity I nominate @abstraktnature @DebraClaridge @theresarollin16 @laurapdtp @jshannontreacy @MencapW and anyone else I may have missed. These guys need some recognition for the changes they’re trying to make for all the other care staff out there.

[linda fisher @lindaroslynd]

@jshannontreacy @veripix @johnmcdonnellMP @RLong_Bailey @RichardBurgon @UVWunion @PcsBis @MoJGovUK @beisgovuk @AlamyNews It would be nice if HMRC told workers affected by the court of appeal ruling exactly where they stood regarding the back pay that they were promised . Considering we are the ones who remained at work for 9 hrs and got paid £25

[John Patrick Shannon @jshannontreacy]

@veripix @johnmcdonnellMP @RLong_Bailey @RichardBurgon @UVWunion @PcsBis @MoJGovUK @beisgovuk @AlamyNews It would be nice if they could call for the Social Care Sector to pay the thousand upon thousands of care and support workers who are fighting for the right to be paid the NMW following the Mencap ruling at the Court of Appeal earlier this year. Yet to find a politician supporter

[Mencap Support Worker @MencapW]

@JanTregelles

[Bristol Care Workers Network @BristolCWN]

Newsflash: your boss is not allowed to stop you from talking about your pay. This is a big problem especially in the veterinary industry and in home care and support work. Know your rights and get organised. We can help. https://t.co/xvubN6UIii

[Bridget Male @BridgetMale81]

13th shift in 9 days, that’s 98 hours at work, add the 6 sleeps I’ve done and I’ve (not) worked another 54 hours on top. That’s 152 hours at work over 9 days, averaging 17 hours per day. 54 of which we’re paid at £2.77 per hour. #awakeonasleepin happy #ProfessionalCareWorkersDay

[Princess Peach @wari_woo]

My third ‘sleep’ shift in a row and my final one for one whole day!! I’ve already been disturbed twice by the SU and once by the smoke detector (it was a faulty battery). I must be in the 1% that #mencrap claimed get disturbed #awakeonasleepin