Natalie Grayson

National Care Organiser @GMB Union - Campaigning and building worker power to #MakeWorkBetter - Promoted by GMB Union, 22 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD

[Gary Smith @GMBGarySmith]

Care sector workers across the UK have been neglected and betrayed.

GMB is organising and campaigning to make sure care workers get the recognition and pay they deserve. https://t.co/tAANtAlPIJ

[Natalie Grayson @NGraysonGMB]

Nearly one in five UK care workers feel unsafe while on shift, survey finds. Over 2,000 Health and Social Care @GMB_union members took part in @uniglobalunion global survey. Fundamental change is needed in social care - with workers at the centre! ✊
https://t.co/Cw6AcWNJlz

[UNI Global Union @uniglobalunion]

🚨5 yrs ago, care workers were hailed as heroes. Promises were made better pay, safe staffing, protections.

UNI Global Union report—with responses from 11,233 workers across 63 countries—exposes a care system in freefall. #CareCantWait

Full report: 👉https://t.co/zhKQTLnGgp

[UNI Global Union @uniglobalunion]

🧵5 yrs ago, care workers were hailed as heroes. Promises were made for better pay, safe staffing, protections. Today? Still overworked, underpaid & unsafe.

🚨 It’s time to demand ACTION. #CareCantWait
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📕Full report 👉: https://t.co/zhKQTLnGgp

[Natalie Grayson @NGraysonGMB]

@gmbcare members fought through the pandemic -they still hold the battle scars. We must remember the lives of the workers who were lost & those who still suffer.
We Covid-19 horrors five years on as hero carers recall dying patients' Zoom calls. https://t.co/XAfkTjKJX9

[GMB Scotland Private Care @GMBScotPC_]

Care workers kept Scotland going during COVID, but 5 years on, they’re still underpaid & undervalued.

📍 Holyrood, 27th March, 11 AM
@theSNP @ScottishLabour @scottishgreens @scotlibdems @ScotTories – will you stand with them in solidarity? #careworkersmatter

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

Women’s Pay Day 🚨 | As of yesterday, women have worked the first 48 days of 2025 for free due to the gender pay gap.

This gap persists even in female-dominated sectors like care:

🏦 Finance – 109 days (until 19th April)
💻 Tech – 61 days (until 3rd March)
💙 Care – 41 days (until 9th Feb)

It’s even worse for older women:

👩‍💼 40s – 60 days (until 2nd March)
👩‍🦳 50s – 69 days (until 11th March)
👵 60+ – 64 days (until 6th March)

The Employment Rights Bill can help close the gap by banning exploitative zero-hours contracts that hit women hardest.

Women drive our economy — they deserve fair pay.

[Natalie Grayson @NGraysonGMB]

Today our @HC_One committee members met with the company CEO to sign the #dyingtowork charter. Proud day for our reps - who now work for the first care company in the country to publicly sign a commitment to support their colleagues when they are terminally ill @The_TUC @GMBCare

[Natalie Grayson @NGraysonGMB]

Today @GMBCare met civil servants working on the Fair Pay Agreement Consultation. This was their first meeting of unionised workers in care & GMB and Unison activists came together to show how we work together to achieve a better standard of work, with workers at its heart.

[Gary Smith @GMBGarySmith]

Care workers do an incredible job, and they deserve to be paid properly and treated fairly.

That means being able to afford to take time off when sick - not spreading illness or falling into debt.

Great to join our members in HC One on their “Sick of SSP” campaign day. 🤒

[GMB Campaigns North East, Yorkshire & Humber @GMBCampaigns]

HC One care workers take their campaign for improved sick pay and paid breaks to the top!
@KatFletcher @GMBGarySmith @NGraysonGMB @dixierach #MakeWorkBetter #SickofSSP

[Natalie Grayson @NGraysonGMB]

We've had a brilliant day delivering our members sick notes to HC-One. #SickPay = Healthy Care. Care Sector Workers deserve to be able to take time off sick without worry of poverty and to have paid breaks to support their wellbeing. #SickofSSP

[Laurence Turner @larry_turner]

News from the Employment Rights Bill Committee...

The Conservatives just voted against the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB).

The 1,800 school support staff in Bham Northfield will want to know why the Tories think they shouldn't be entitled to decent contracts.

[GMB Midlands @GMBMidlands]

GMB members at Birmingham City Council have made history.

With today’s Framework Agreement, pay justice for Birmingham’s women workers is within touching distance.

[GMB Midlands @GMBMidlands]

Well done! GMB members from National Grid Electricity Transmission raising funds for @macmillancancer by completing the 8-Peak Challenge in Snowdonia. 👏 🏔️🧡

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

Porters, domestics and catering staff are key to the safe running of our NHS - they deserve to be treated with respect. 🏥

Outsourced workers at 5 South London hospitals protested outside of ISS HQ today calling for better pay, safer staffing and an end to the bullying.

[GMB Union North West & Irish @GMBNWI]

🚨 Care workers deserve better! 🚨

Yesterday, GMB care workers at HC-One launched their Sick of SSP campaign. 🤒

They're demanding a raise in sick pay from £16 to £40/day in this year's pay talks. Thousands are signing "sick notes" calling for fair sick pay & paid breaks. 💷☝️

43% of care workers say they can’t afford time off when ill. Proper sick pay = financial security + protecting residents, colleagues, and the NHS. 🏥🖐

Repost to show your support! ✊

#SickOfSSP 😷 #FairPay ⚖️ #CareWorkers 👐

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

Today, GMB care workers at HC-One have launched their “Sick of SSP” campaign. 🤒

We’re calling on the company to improve sick pay rates - from £16 a day to £40 - in this year’s pay negotiations.

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

Proper sick pay would mean financial security for care workers when they’re unwell.

It would also help to protect residents, colleagues and the NHS from the spread of viruses. 🦠