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  • Re: Social workers set out their pay demands

    We've discussed this before but I just thought I'd throw this out again - what do people think about the links between pay and conditions and good practice (which forms part of BASW's case for forging closer links with a trade union )? That fighting for better pay - up to and including through...
    Posted to Social work profession (Forum) by Mithran on 05-22-2008

  • Re: Social workers set out their pay demands

    This is a really interesting issue. There are clear ethical issues about strike action in terms of its impact on service users, and in a sense it must go against your professional values. Do people think the ethically right thing to do for a social worker who is a member of a union to cross a picket...
    Posted to Social work profession (Forum) by Mithran on 04-16-2008

  • Re: Should BASW forge closer links with a union?

    I think the joint membership would form a strong part of any link-up, which may possibly lead to better representation through a pooling of resources. That's just speculation though. On the broader point, there are anti-union tendencies across the labour market (though less so in the public sector...
    Posted to Social work profession (Forum) by Mithran on 03-06-2008
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