Unite the Union has sent a newsletter to their members to bring them up-to-date on the Department of Social Care’s plans to externalise services.
The DSC is looking to outsource care for the elderly - a move met by derision from some MHKs and concern from staff.
Union Rep Eric Holmes has criticised Minister Chris Robertshaw for not being forthcoming with information for his members.
Eric Holmes says he doesn’t feel Minister Robertshaw is the man to make these calls:
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Chance to help name baby gibbon!
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Government withholds cinema pay figures
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Egaming licence suspended during criminal investigation into company
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