For almost 50 young workers, in such a demanding industry and facing the bleakest outlook they’ve faced in years, to take decisive strike action in this way is profoundly brave and unprecedented. Support them in their effort to improve their workplace in order to make it workable and liveable while we all struggle through the depths of an affordability crisis. 

Transport for Greater Manchester, West Midlands Combined Authority and West Yorkshire Combined Authority have signed up to the ‘Passenger Transport Forum’ bargaining agreement with UNISON and Unite. The employers turn up to meetings but refuse to negotiate over pay, claiming they are ‘tied’ to what is agreed by other employers in a separate bargaining unit. The workers have been offered the latest in a long line of real-terms pay cuts instead of a pay rise that was due back in April. Employees of local authorities and fire and rescue services can negotiate their pay, but this right is being denied to transport workers, who have been left with no alternative to strike action. These workers are employed in a wide variety of roles from sometimes challenging customer facing roles in transport interchanges, those with safety critical responsibilities such as engineers, through to those planning routes and providing customer information. All our members are skilled and committed to providing the best for the travelling public of these areas ensuring things run smoothly now and that transport networks are fit for purpose far into the future. To tackle the cost-of-living crisis and climate breakdown we need affordable, reliable, safe and convenient public transport. That can only be delivered by workers on decent pay and whose right to bargain is respected. Behind the three employers stand the three regional Mayors of Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire – Andy Burnham, Richard Parker and Tracy Brabin. They all say they want improved public transport. They all say they support workers’ rights to negotiate their pay and conditions through their unions.

PCSOs are the feet on the beat. They are police staff who serve as a direct link between the local community and the police. They deter anti-social behaviour, provide a visible police presence on the streets, gather intelligence and work with partners like schools and businesses to keep communities safe. Cheshire Police say this work will be carried out by other officers who are already over-stretched. UNISON fears this will result in a huge cut to police presence and boots on the ground in our communities, putting the safety of our local area at risk. Moreover, there will be a significant reduction in vital civic engagement programmes ran in schools which help our children understand the importance of being responsible members of the community. What do residents of Cheshire think? “You offer a key point of contact for issues and concerns and support us with events, ongoing issues and key sign posting to external agencies when needed. Without your support & knowing the community so well, would leave a huge gap in communication with the local community and connection to further support. You know a lot of the families & have built up so many positive relationships which is crucial to gaining positive outcomes at the earliest opportunity.”  - Education Family Support Worker in a Cheshire school “The PCSO and the mini police programme has helped me to increase my confidence along with team building skills and has shaped more creative opportunities for all of us as a group and will inspire generations ahead. So please carry on with the programme and inspiring children to be responsible citizens of our local community.”  - Year 5 primary school student, Cheshire West “After living next door to neighbours who have been committing ASB and other crimes over the last two years our PCSO has been invaluable. They have kept regularly updated with progress on the case and worked very closely with the housing trust in helping us to escalate the case when needed. They have reassured us and given us faith in the police with their actions.” - Cheshire West resident 

Will you support these care workers taking action against Lancashire's Reform Council to fight for residents and keep their homes open?

We are calling on our members and the wider public to support this petition. These cuts will impact service delivery and could result in increased attendance times and reduced resilience, further causing the normal response to be diminished.

Edinburgh Napier University has moved forward with up to 70 redundancies relating to academic and academic related staff, which the Educational Institute of Scotland believe will have an adverse impact on the academic quality and coverage which may have a negative impact on the quality of education students would receive. The Staff cuts would also place additional burdens on an already stretched workforce at Edinburgh Napier University.   The EIS University Lecturers Association condemns the failure of the university to provide a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies. Management at ENU have refused to take this critical step, instead continuing with plans that place dedicated, long serving and hard-working staff at risk. These job cuts are short-sighted and will only increase the workload on remaining staff, leading to a decline in course provision and a diminished student experience. The EIS reiterates its call for the university to halt their cuts agenda and prioritise the well-being of their staff and students using the financial reserves that both universities have stashed away. We are also aware that the university are not, according to their published finances, in financial crisis. They have in fact got a very healthy reserve. We also do not believe that the process has been transparent, fair, or proper.

We should be investing in our public service not cutting, reducing or dissolving them.  

The Welsh and UK governments need to protect Welsh Industry, and: • Invest in our industries and cut electricity prices so we can compete with clean, modern technology • Stop trade undercutting our industries, whether Trump’s ungodly tariffs or cheap imports • Make sure our home-grown industries supply UK infrastructure and procurement • Listen to us! Industries are changing and workers know best how to handle change This is more urgent than ever because there is a big new threat to Welsh industrial jobs:  Nigel Farage and his billionaire buddies. Reform's policies would take a wrecking ball to Welsh industry. Reform is the party of slash and burn economics. Nigel Farage wants to bring Thatcherism on steroids to Wales. He’s promised to slash UK public investment by £225 billion – investment that our industries desperately need. Why are jobs at risk in my factory? Because of Farage’s buddy Trump and his tariffs. Farage doesn't speak for us – he’s fighting for his mate Trump, for hedge funds and speculators who profit from insecurity. Reform want to deregulate, invite in the billionaires and kick out trade unions. Farage would love to kill off workers’ rights. What needs to happen now? I’m proud of Wales. I’m proud of our industries.  It’s time for us to take our future into our own hands. Let’s stop site closures and futureproof our workplaces.  Let’s protect Welsh industry and secure decent jobs for the next generation. To do that, we need to push Westminster and the Senedd to deliver on investment, trade, procurement and worker voice. We need all parties to commit to Save Welsh Industry. And we need to highlight the massive threat posed by the current policies of Reform & the Conservatives. If you work in Welsh industry and want to secure our jobs for the future: join the fight to Save Welsh Industry and sign this petition. -- Pam mae hyn yn bwysig nawr? Mae angen i Lywodraeth Cymru a Llywodraeth y DU ddiogelu diwydiant Cymru drwy wneud y canlynol: • Buddsoddi yn ein diwydiannau a gostwng prisiau trydan er mwyn i ni allu cystadlu drwy ddefnyddio technoleg glân a modern. • Atal cwmnïau tramor rhag ceisio cwtogi prisiau a thanseilio ein diwydiannau, boed hynny drwy dariffau cythreulig Trump neu fewnforio cynnyrch rhad. • Sicrhau bod ein diwydiannau cynhenid yn cyflenwi gofynion seilwaith a chaffael yn y DU. • Gwrando arnom ni! Mae diwydiannau'n newid a gweithwyr sy’n gwybod orau sut i ddelio â newid Mae angen gwneud hyn ar fyrder oherwydd bod bygythiad mawr newydd ar y gorwel i swyddi diwydiannol yng Nghymru, a’i enw yw Nigel Farage. Mae Farage yn grediniol y gall ennill etholiad y Senedd ym mis Mai. Bydd ef a'i gyfeillion cyfoethog yn dinistrio diwydiant Cymru. Mae Reform yn blaid sy’n arddel economeg chwalu a chwerthin. Mae Nigel Farage eisiau cyflwyno Thatcheriaeth ar steroids i Gymru. Mae wedi addo tocio buddsoddiad cyhoeddus i’r bôn - ond mae hwn yn fuddsoddiad sydd wir ei angen ar ein diwydiannau.  Pam ma swyddi mewn perygl yn fy ffatri? Oherwydd un o gyfeillion pennaf Farage, sef Trump a'i dariffau. Dydy Farage ddim yn siarad drosom ni - ei flaenoriaethau ef yw ei ffrind mawr Trump, y cronfeydd buddsoddi arian, a hapfasnachwyr sy'n elwa o ansicrwydd. Bydd Reform yn dadreoleiddio, yn agor y drws i’r biliwnyddion, ac yn cael gwared ar undebau llafur. Os bydd Farage yn dod i rym, gallwch ddweud ffarwel wrth hawliau gweithwyr. Beth sydd angen digwydd nawr? Dw i'n falch o Gymru. Dwi’n falch o’n diwydiannau.  Mae'n bryd i ni gymryd ein dyfodol i’n dwylo ein hunain. Gadewch i ni stopio safleoedd rhag cau a diogelu ein gweithleoedd at y dyfodol.  Gadewch i ni ddiogelu diwydiant Cymru a sicrhau swyddi teilwng i'r genhedlaeth nesaf. I wneud hynny, mae angen inni atal Reform rhag dod i rym yng Nghymru. Ac mae angen i ni bwyso ar San Steffan a'r Senedd i gyflawni - o ran buddsoddi, masnach, caffael a llais y gweithiwr. Os ydych chi'n gweithio yn niwydiant Cymru ac eisiau sicrhau ein swyddi ar gyfer y dyfodol: ymunwch â’r frwydr i Achub Diwydiant Cymru a llofnodi'r ddeiseb hon.

Dumfries and Galloway is consulting the public on a range of proposals. In the past 16 years, the Council has cut £13 million from its budget and is now seeking to cut a further £35 million in the next three years. Most of these cuts are aimed at the Education Department. Proposals include consultation on the closure of 58 nursery, primary and secondary schools, axing the instrumental music service, and cuts to essential education workers. Years of under-resourcing have already created workload, pupil equity, violence and aggression issues that are unsustainable in schools. Over 40% of learners now have some form of additional support need. The introduction of the presumption of mainstreaming and the failure to appropriately resource this in schools has led to an increase in violence and aggression against teachers and between pupils. If realised, the recent budget cuts would have ramifications for the quality of education in Dumfries and Galloway and will hit some of the poorest children, the hardest. We are seriously concerned about the potential for the widening of the poverty-related attainment gap in Dumfries and Galloway.

Britain’s buses are old, inaccessible and unsafe. Except in London. Why? London buses have two or three sets of doors to make getting on and off really quick, safe, and accessible for everyone. If you’re a disabled user or parent with a buggy, getting on the bus, and finding space to sit, can often be impossible.  We believe buses can be made more accessible with these changes: • two sets of doors for boarding/alighting • Separate dedicated places for wheelchair users and parents with buggies • Eye level displays for wheelchair users and bell buttons within easy access • Seats at bus stops to provide a rest space for passengers who struggle to stand • Automatic boarding ramps and back up manual ramps if not working • Reinstating bus conductors • A permanent board of representative passengers and user groups to co-design all aspects of bus design and the bus reform process with the Mayor London buses aren’t this bad, and neither are buses across the rest of the world. Why are we stuck with such poor quality buses? If London can do it, it’s time we got the first class buses we deserve.

Wales has the largest private sector delivery of care of the devolved nations. The ongoing profiteering from social care is the barrier to the improved care our nation deserves.  Billions of pounds of public money are stripped from Welsh care by private equity groups and property speculation on care homes.  Meanwhile, care workers continue to struggle to make ends meet with low pay and poor conditions, and those needing care are faced with a complex and fragile care system.  Care workers must be properly rewarded if we are to attract the thousands of workers we need to make care work.  And as citizens, we should expect public money to be spent on services and staff, not on lining the pockets of billionaires. Social care should serve people, not profit margins. Sign this petition to support our call on the next Welsh Government to create a National Care Service for Wales to ensure a high-quality, resilient service that prioritises the need of citizens in Wales.  “Does dim lle i elw ym maes gofal cymdeithasol” Pam mae hyn yn bwysig? Cymru sydd â'r ddarpariaeth gofal fwyaf yn y sector preifat o blith yr holl wledydd datganoledig. Y gorelwa ym maes gofal cymdeithasol yw'r rhwystr rhag y gofal gwell y mae ein cenedl yn ei haeddu. Mae biliynau o bunnoedd o arian cyhoeddus yn cael eu tynnu o sector gofal Cymru gan grwpiau ecwiti preifat a hapfuddsoddiadau mewn cartrefi gofal. Yn y cyfamser, mae gweithwyr gofal yn dal i gael trafferth cael dau ben llinyn ynghyd gyda chyflogau isel ac amodau gwael, ac mae'r rhai sydd angen gofal yn wynebu system ofal gymhleth a bregus. Rhaid i weithwyr gofal gael eu talu'n briodol os ydym am ddenu'r miloedd o weithwyr sydd eu hangen arnom i wneud i ofal weithio. Fel dinasyddion, dylem ddisgwyl i arian cyhoeddus gael ei wario ar wasanaethau a staff, nid ar lenwi pocedi biliwnyddion. Dylai gofal cymdeithasol fod yn faes sy’n canolbwyntio ar y bobl, nid ar faint yr elw. Llofnodwch y ddeiseb hon i gefnogi ein galwad ar Lywodraeth nesaf Cymru i greu Gwasanaeth Gofal Cenedlaethol i Gymru er mwyn sicrhau gwasanaeth gwydn o ansawdd uchel sy'n blaenoriaethu anghenion dinasyddion yng Nghymru.

If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.  These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.