Children: Early years care is vital for development, especially for babies and toddlers Families: Local parents rely on affordable childcare to work and support their households Equality: Losing provision will hit lower income families hardest Adventure playgrounds: These spaces are a lifeline for local children, providing safe, creative play environments supported by skilled, trusted staff who build long term relationships with families Jobs and community: Skilled local workers face losing their livelihoods and a valued community service   Paradise Park Nursery and IPA workers are a vital part of our community. Closing the nursery, when a potential alternative exists, would have lasting consequences for children, families and staff.   We urge Islington Council to pause the closure, review the staff plan, and work with the community to save this essential service.

The Halliard Academy Trust de-recognised the school workforce Unions when schools joined the Trust.  This means that there is no collective bargaining taking place between your employer and your Union.  Signing this petition will send a strong message to your employer that you, as a staff body, expect your employer to consult and negotiate with your Union in respect of all matters connected to your employment including contractual terms and conditions, employment policies, staffing restructures, equality matters, health and  safety, workload etc.. Let’s take action – sign this online petition and share with your colleagues.

It is vital for our community to stand united against these plans because they represent more than just budget savings but are a fundamental shift that compromises the safety and future of our children. By joining this fight, you are helping to prevent a chain reaction of negative impacts: • Declining Educational Quality: When specialised teachers are lost, subjects may be covered by staff without the appropriate expertise, for example, asking a geography teacher to cover science. This "cost to valuable support" inevitably leads to less thorough lesson planning and marking. • Increased Isolation for Vulnerable Students: Support staff are the backbone of SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) inclusion. Cutting these roles makes real inclusion "impossible," leaving students with complex needs without the specialist care they require to succeed. • The Breaking Point for Remaining Staff: The Trust's plan to increase staff teaching hours places an unbearable burden on the teachers who remain. This leads to burnout and exhaustion, driving educators out of the profession and creating a cycle of recruitment crises. The Horncastle Education Trust argues these cuts are necessary for longer term financial health, but we believe the cost to our children's education is too high.

The local trade union movement, including Leicester and District Trades Council, stands behind Tom. An injury to one is an injury to all. But Tom’s case has much more far-reaching implications for the labour movement. Tom’s suspension is also a direct attack on the rights of other UNISON members, who have been denied access to their elected representative in the middle of an industrial dispute. On March 18th 2026, UNISON members at Ash Field Academy completed an industrial action ballot over Tom’s suspension and the attack this represents on their rights. A massive majority of 87% voted for strikes on a turnout of 57%. Ash Field Academy is one of UNISON Leicester City’s most densely organised workplaces, and members there have a track record of winning – in 2023, Ash Field UNISON members won pay increases of between 18 and 25% after 43 days of strikes. If employers get away with victimising union stewards simply for doing their job effectively - especially in the middle of ongoing industrial disputes - this sets a dangerous precedent for our movement as a whole.

Support staff across Saint Ralph Sherwin and Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust are essential to the safety, learning and development of children in the Nottinghamshire Diocese.  They go above and beyond to ensure pupils are supported and secure in their schools. They take pride in their work and their expertise, but have made the difficult decision to strike to protect their pupils, their livelihoods and the schools they hold so dear. Workers have overwhelmingly rejected the insulting proposals that could slash their wages by up to 25%. If they go ahead as planned, they feel that the schools would no longer be the safe welcoming environments they have all worked so hard to foster. 94% and 98% of UNISON members that voted in their Trust specific ballot voted to strike and the first dates were held on 24th and 25th March making their voices heard and proving that schools can't run without them.  Following successful peaceful protests at both Trust headquarters over the Easter Break, further strike dates for April and May have been announced.

Removing this essential service will create new barriers to learning, participation, and employment at the college, undermining the ability of many to continue their courses or sustain their roles. We call on Milton Keynes College to halt the closure plans and work with staff, students, UNISON, and the wider community to find a fair, sustainable alternative that protects access to childcare.   UNISON will keep in touch as the campaign develops

These proposed cuts mean people losing their livelihoods in a higher education sector already facing a jobs crisis, where alternative employment is scarce and careers built over many years can be destroyed overnight. For students, the consequences are overcrowded classes, delayed feedback, reduced support, and mounting pressure on remaining staff. The closure of Southend would also be a devastating loss for students, local communities, and access to higher education in the region. All of this undermines the value of an Essex degree, and damages the university’s reputation. Essex is a public institution with a public mission. Its future should not be decided without accountability, evidence, or meaningful negotiation. We call on University of Essex senior management and Council to: • Stop compulsory redundancies at all campuses • Halt the closure of the Southend campus • Return to meaningful negotiations with staff and their unions   The more people who sign this petition, the clearer it becomes that Essex staff are not standing alone — and that management must come back to the table.

UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of education of our students, and staff’s collective mental health. The pace of change is both unnecessary for achieving management’s stated goals of making the University financially stable and unsustainable. Staff cannot be expected to continue to carry out ever-increasing workloads.  It is also important because aggressive union-busting tactics such as what Sheffield’s management are proposing threaten all workers' ability to stand up to unjustified cuts and unjust management actions, now and in the future. An attack on one is an attack on all.  Please sign our petition and, if you can, contribute £5 (or more if you can!) to our fighting fund to help us ensure our members are supported through the holiday season and the months ahead.

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.

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.

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.

EIS members at Lenzie Academy have identified serious health and safety concerns in the school, presenting a risk to pupils and staff.  These include: • Major roof leaks and water ingress • Water near electrics • Asbestos-related risks • Mould and damp • Heating failures (rooms too cold / too hot) • Broken fire doors • A non-working secure entry system • Damaged flooring causing trip hazards • General disrepair A new school is planned — but not until at least 2029. Pupils need a safe building now. What teaching staff want • Make the building safe • Fix urgent risks quickly • Share clear timelines • Keep staff and pupils protected EIS members at Lenzie Academy are in dispute with East Dunbartonshire Council over their employer's failure to meaningfully consult with union representatives regarding serious health and safety concerns. In a recent consultative ballot, EIS members at Lenzie Academy voted 95% Yes to taking industrial action in pursuit of improved safety.