Migrant Care Worker Charter

Background

A campaign launched by migrant care workers in the UK aimed at improving rights, perceptions, and fair treatment for migrant care workers.

Key campaign tactics

• Working with trade unions, like Unison, to gain institutional support. 
• Lobbying local councils to support the charter.
• Building alliances with grassroots organisations.
• Highlighting the lived experience and impact of current policies through public storytelling.

Commitments

• Signatories of the charter will identify or act as an ‘employer of last resort’ for care workers who have been victimised, or whose migration status has been impacted due to them losing a job through no fault of their own.
• Local authorities who sign the charter pledge to create an ‘ethical recruiter list’ to ensure rogue employers are unable to access public money.

Wins so far

• Salford Council was the first in the UK to sign up. Read about the story on this website. 
• Other councils and care sector employers that followed include Tower Hamlets Council.

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