Lynne Rankin

"Make no mistake, the cuts in Council budgets, pushing up the costs in care mean a race to the bottom between public services and private profiteers", UNISON's Lynne Rankin told Congress.

"This is a race that starts with our members’ wages and conditions and ends with poorer standards of care for your mother and the vulnerable in our communities", said Lynne.

The STUC backed a call from Fife TUC to strongly fight against this, protect the rights of the employees, not just their terms and conditions but their pension rights as well, and for the "higher qualified standard of care they provide to their clients."

Lynne added, "I’d like to thank and endorse what Fife TUC have said in this motion and for highlighting to Congress the plight of our members delivering this service to the vulnerable elderly in our communities across Scotland. A service that should be about care – not a service about contracts. A service about a person in need, rather than a shareholder’s profit or bond trader’s bonus."