Paul W Fleming, Equity General Secretary,  called the move "short-sighted" and a "disaster for Scottish television", saying the move would have a disproportionately negative impact on Scottish performers - many of whom get their first TV job on River City - and the wider Scottish to production landscape. The £9 million annual budget is excellent value for money given the hours of programming produced throughout the year for a successful show pulling in a regular audience of 500,000 per episode.  The Glasgow-based show is well-loved by Scottish audiences, enjoys strong ratings, and won ‘Best Drama’ at the RTS Scotland 2023 awards. It is the only domestic Scottish soap running on TV and outperforms other TV series by more than 2.5 times. It provides work for dozens of Scottish actors every year. River City is thriving and successful in its current format. There is no way that the BBC can replace the level of investment and job creation that River City provides to the Scottish economy and Scottish culture sector. Any alternative proposals the BBC offers will inevitably hurt Scottish culture workers and and TV production. 

Science has always been an international endeavour. We in the UK benefit from rich collaboration and exchange with colleagues and friends among the global scientific community. We benefit from a diverse and inclusive workforce, at home and abroad, as the engine of scientific creativity. This underpins economic growth, industrial success, and societal progress.  We stand in solidarity with scientists around the world whose work is under threat from ideological politics.

Phoenix, Greenfields, and Hungerford day centres provide invaluable support to some of the most vulnerable adults in society, including adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and for those with frailty and dementia. They are oversubscribed and much loved by the community. Closure of these services is short sighted and will place additional pressure and costs on other public services such as homecare, care homes, and the NHS. Dedicated and experienced centre staff will lose their jobs and service users (and their families) will be negatively impacted. The centres are purpose built and were recently refurbished at significant cost to the council. They survived and thrived despite a decade of council cuts and austerity. But today these essential services risk being lost forever.

Why This Matters: • Job Losses: 130 workers, including cleaners, engineers, process workers, and drivers, face redundancy. • Community Impact: Generations of families rely on this site for employment. The closure will devastate local businesses and suppliers. • Environmental Concerns: The site is under scrutiny, but solutions exist! With investment, Arla can resolve concerns and continue production at Settle.  • Economic Fallout: The loss of Arla will impact transport, retail, farmers, and other services in the area.

In some months, pay could vary by as much as £150, severely impacting those who rely on state benefits such as Universal Credit, Tax Credits, and Housing Benefit.  These fluctuations can lead to a reduction in benefit amounts, causing undue financial stress. We urge Sodexo to reconsider MyTime and implement a mechanism that ensures consistent monthly pay for all employees. Stability in pay is crucial for the well-being of the workforce. Sign this petition to demand fair and stable pay!

Parking Eye is bad for staff and bad for patients. It could lead to punitive fines being handed to a private company – even when you’ve been unable to find a parking space.     It is wrong, and it shouldn’t happen.     A formal dispute has been raised from UNISON and other staff side unions and this can be stopped – but it needs you to act.     Sign the petition to tell the Trust to Stop Parking Eye at James Cook and the Friarage now.          

Unite Hospitality are campaigning for these workers to receive the justice they deserve: financially, legally and politically but we need your help!  We want to send a clear and collective message to unscrupulous bosses across the country - you cannot and will not get away with treating your workers like this. Through collective action and union support, we will fight back and win!  To the Labour Government that promised to "Make Work Pay", we need decisive action which stops workers from being treated like this ever again. The incoming Employment Rights Act should include a clause which unequivocally outlaws pheonixing and bans such business owners from ever holding the office of Company Director again.  To the people of Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds we need you to vote with your feet and boycott Super Awesome Deluxe restaurants. 

These nurseries serve some of the most deprived communities in Barnsley. They offer outstanding services and are a vital lifeline for vulnerable children. Parents, children, carers and staff need your help to save this vital provision. Tell Barnsley Council to think again - Sign the Petition, Save Barnsley Nurseries.

On 1 April, a huge portion of Wiltshire's health services (including 2,000 NHS trained staff) will be given away to a billionaire private equity investment firm, Twenty20 Capital.  This unprecedented transfer risks patient care, the breakup and disruption of services and the driving down of health workers pay and conditions.  The local Integrated Care Board, who awarded the contract to private healthcare firm HCRG (owned by billionaire private equity investment firm Twenty20 Capital) in October, did so quickly, quietly and without meeting several of their legal obligations. Please join us urgently in asking the relevant councils to formally request the Secretary of State pause this transfer to enable proper scrutiny and accountability to take place and avoid disruption to the public health service. Organised by: UNISON Southwest and Protect Our NHS

Schools do not have the resources to offer these kinds of experiences themselves. Primary school children in particular are being left behind. In spite of the National Theatre’s cuts being branded as a “sad loss”, “unfair”, a “slap in the face”, and “depressing” by union and sector leaders, the organisation has so far refused to listen. The National Theatre has stated that increased costs and cuts to Arts Council England funding are among the reasons for these decisions. And yet its total annual income recently increased from £89 million to £121.4 million, while the primary school touring represented a tiny fraction of the organisation’s expenditure. The National Theatre already receives more Arts Council England funding than any other theatre organisation. This is not simply an issue of needing a more transformative and equitable approach to public arts funding. It is a question of priorities and responsibility for one of our largest theatre organisations.  Austerity is a choice.

No worker should be expected to tolerate sexual abuse, harassment or bullying of any kind at work. But McDonald’s has been hit by a wave of allegations that hundreds of workers are still facing sexual abuse and harassment, a year after its CEO promised action to protect workers.  Across the UK, 89% of McDonald’s workers are on zero-hours contracts. Zero-hours contracts create a huge imbalance of power in the workplace that leaves workers vulnerable to predatory bosses.  The shocking claims revealed in a new BBC investigation include:  • A 17-year-old being asked for sex in return for more shifts at work by her manager, who was in his 30s.  • That managers would “touch up” other members of staff and send sexually explicit messages to 16-18 year old employees.  • That managers were racist, homophobic and bullied an employee due to their disability.  • That a manager performed a Nazi salute to a Jewish employee.  No-one should ever find themselves in a position like this, having to put up with sexual harassment, racism, homophobia or bullying.  The BBC’s investigation has exposed how sexual harassment and insecure work can go hand in hand.  Zero-hours contracts create a huge imbalance of power in the workplace that leaves workers dependent on their managers for shifts on a week-by-week basis, and vulnerable to predatory bosses. If staff say no to their manager, they face losing future work.  McDonald’s claims that workers are free to move onto guaranteed hours contracts if they want to. But the BBC spoke to 50 workers across the country who say they were not given the choice to switch to minimum guaranteed hours.  McDonald’s is one of the largest employers in the UK. It should be setting the standard on workforce conditions – not leading a race to the bottom. It’s clear that use of zero-hours contracts is enabling abuse of fast-food workers. It’s time for McDonald’s to make a guaranteed hours contract the default for all workers.   Photo: Theasis/Getty Images

As care sector workers employed by HC-One, we know that when our colleagues don’t have paid sick days, they stay sick longer, we are more likely to get sick and we make our residents sick. No Sick Pay means unhealthy workplaces. As the UK's biggest care home group, HC-One should be taking a lead on this vital issue. Support our campaign by signing our virtual Sick Note now. We’re Sick Of Statutory Sick Pay at HC-One!