A Bristol care home provider has claimed it has been subjected to a 'campaign of misinformation' as its staff vote on whether or not to strike in a dispute over new contracts and conditions.
Staff at the St Monica Trust - which runs five retirement villages and care homes in Bristol - have already indicated they would be prepared to take industrial action about the Trust's new restructure, with care workers and nurses who are members of the healthcare workers' union Unison currently being balloted on strike action.
Representatives of Unison say the Trust’s proposals would see sick pay and enhancements to pay for working evenings and weekends ‘drastically cut’, leaving some front-line care workers ‘up to £300 poorer each month’.
