Social Care // Notes From Below

Manchester workers rally for increased funding in mental health services, holding trade union signs and flags in support of their cause.

Understaffed? There’s a strike for that
by Claire Miller / March 29, 2026

A striking Silverline care worker holds a placard that reads "Silverline your own pockets"

How to Run a Strike in Private Care
by Tamara Beattie / Nov. 17, 2025

A picture of a sign outside a building reading: "PAWA Drop in 12-3"

Caring on a Visa
by Amandla, Tambudzai Moyo, Dorcas Uyi, Emily / Nov. 17, 2025

Care and Support Workers Organise members in the North West carrying their banner on a demonstration.

Moving Beyond the Terror: Care and Support Workers Organise
by Alison Treacher, Steve North / Nov. 17, 2025

A Enable worker holds a Unison placard on a picket line reading "We want bread and roses too"

Enable Scotland: Leading the Way
by Thomas Baylis / Nov. 17, 2025

An IWGB foster care workers branch protest in Glasgow, with members holding a banner reading "Fairness 4 Foster Carers"

The Silent Profession: Foster Carers Who Hold It All Together
by Sue Lloyd / Nov. 17, 2025

A photo of green hills and rural houses in Cumbria, England.

In The Country and the City: Unionising Rural Care Workers
by Rebekah, Jack, Danii / Nov. 17, 2025

A photo of a protest by domestic workers in Canada in the 1980s. They hold placards saying "landed status now!"

Editorial: Left in Our Care
by Notes from Below / Nov. 17, 2025

Disabled people fightback banner, in traditional trade union banner style.

We’re Not Waiting to Be Saved: Access and Exclusion at the New Frontier of Austerity
by Rana Aria, David Isaac / Nov. 17, 2025