Organised by the TUC as part of TUC Congress 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the ultimate stress-test for adult social care, and shown how essential social care is to the fabric of our society. The structural problems in the sector - privatisation, low wages, high insecurity - that trade unions have been concerned about for decades have been thrown into sharp, heart-breaking focus. Politicians have been playing political football with the sector for decades but now is the time for a new settlement for social care - and that must start with a new deal for the care workforce.

Chair: Sian Elliott, senior policy officer, OSSD

Speakers:

• Mary Ann Stephenson, director, Women’s Budget Group
• Christina McAnea, Unison general secretary
• Phil Hope, former Minister of State for Care Services and current co-Chair, Future Social Care Coalition
• Julia Solow, Lead organizer, NY Caring Majority
• Nisreen Mansour, Policy officer, Wales TUC

Others tbc