With the right industrial strategy, investment in clean technologies and learning from workers' expertise, Britain can safeguard hundreds of thousands of jobs.  We won’t accept more communities being gutted by industrial decline. It’s time for workers and communities to stand together and demand government invests to future-proof our industries, protect good jobs and make our workplaces cleaner and more competitive. Sign up to Repower British Industry to hear more about the campaign and how you can get involved.

1. Witness Liaison Officers at South Yorkshire Police earn £5,000 LESS than West Yorkshire Witness Liaison Officers, despite doing the same job. In short, people who deliver a vital and difficult service are being paid less than those in identical roles only 45mins up the M1. 2. Witness Liaison Officers provide support and assistance to victims and witnesses throughout the criminal justice process, often speaking with and supporting highly vulnerable individuals including rape, domestic and child abuse victims.  3. South Yorkshire Police admit Witness Liaison Officers in West and South Yorkshire do the same job, yet South Yorkshire still refuse to accept that the pay rates for the role are too low, or that their job evaluation system is broken, well, broken for those at the bottom, not those in Senior Command who use a different job evaluation system similar to the one in West Yorkshire. The people who provide support to some of the most vulnerable at an incredibly difficult time deserve better. Please sign and share your support for Witness Liaison Officers. 

Over the last few months, Reform councillors in both Staffordshire and Warwickshire have attacked the visibility and representation of LGBTQ+ people in council libraries. In Staffordshire, library staff have been told that “we will not be celebrating Pride in any form”. They have been instructed to remove displays, halt events and activities, and cease any Pride-related communications. In Warwickshire, the Reform leader has said that county council libraries “have been promoting contested gender ideology”. He went on to say that issues had been raised with him, such as staff wearing rainbow lanyards and libraries having a book that “would give out the wrong messages” and potentially be “dangerous to young children”. The Reform leadership has promised “a comprehensive policy” for libraries and other council-owned public spaces “to combat this trend”.  Inclusive libraries matter. Research found that 81% of LGBT+ respondents oppose restrictions on the promotion of Pride events in public libraries.* It also found that nearly three-quarters (72%) believe withdrawing public funding from Pride events would negatively affect LGBT+ people, with reduced feelings of inclusion and belonging and increased concerns about discrimination among the most cited impacts.  We believe that libraries should be inclusive spaces that help to educate, inform and entertain people of every age, gender, sexuality, background and political belief. They are here to help open minds, not close them. *LGBT+ results are based on a cross-break of respondents within the nationally representative UK sample and are not a standalone representative sample of LGBT+ adults

This matters because the proposed closure isn't about the work ending, it's about an office closing. The jobs still need doing, but experienced staff could be forced out of the DWP or asked to travel much further for work. In an area with limited opportunities for similar jobs, that would be a real blow to workers, their families and the local economy.

This dispute exemplifies the failings of outsourcing government work for profit. Cutting hours and/or staff is not in the interests of the workers delivering these important services, nor is it in the interests of the public sector workers to whom they deliver these services These cuts only benefit Sodexo.  PCS believes that outsourcing is a failed experiment, and this dispute is further evidence of that.

Civil servants deserve a pension service they can trust. Sign this petition to demand action now.

In the new Employment Rights Act, the government committed to offering workers: • an automatic right to a contract that reflects their regular hours, • notice of their shifts, • and compensation for cancelled shifts. The consultation suggests a maximum number of contracted hours you can have to be entitled to these new rights.  Protections could be limited to people currently working very low hours each week.  Instead, unions are calling for these rights to cover all of us.  Failing to get this right could create a race to the bottom, with employers offering contracts at the new legal minimum, simply raising the floor slightly above zero hours.  Rent, bills, food, and childcare don’t disappear if your hours get cancelled. However many hours you work, you need certainty to plan your life. Together, let's fight back against bad employers and deliver the secure contracts we deserve. Add your name today.

Cleaners on Barnet’s council cleaning contract—employed by Norse Group—are among the lowest-paid workers delivering public services in one of the richest cities in the world. They keep our council buildings and schools clean, safe and running, yet they can be left waiting around 10–12 days after the end of the pay period to receive wages they have already earned. They are paid every four weeks, but the pay arrives nearly two weeks after the work period ends. For workers living week to week, that delay creates real hardship: rent, bills, food and travel costs don’t wait. It also creates a clear two-tier situation where outsourced staff can be treated differently from directly employed council staff. On top of that, many contractors delay implementing the new London Living Wage rate until 1 April even though it is announced in October—leaving low-paid workers waiting months for an uplift that is meant to reflect the real cost of living. Barnet Council should set fair standards for any contractor that wants to provide services in Barnet: pay workers on time and pay the Living Wage when it is announced. If outsourcing cannot deliver basic fairness and accountability, then cleaning should be brought back in-house at the earliest opportunity.

Outsourcing companies frequently compete to win public contracts by reducing costs: it's a race to the bottom on the pay, terms, and conditions for their workers. This has a knock-on effect for services: for instance, hospital infections have increased under outsourced cleaning services. In its Make Work Pay plan the government committed to: 1. Bring about the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation. 2. Introduce a strengthened two-tier workforce code to reduce differences in the wages of workers doing similar jobs. 3. Undertake procurement reform to drive up employment standards across the economy. As a package, these policies will have a significant positive impact on the employment terms and conditions of the workers delivering our public services – and everyone who relies on them. They will also deliver greater value for taxpayers by reducing inefficiencies, removing private profit, and increasing accountability. Minister Ward has committed to driving forward an ambitious agenda towards insourcing and, where the outsourcing of public services is deemed to be in the public interest, ensuring decent work for outsourced workers. Union access, recognition, and collective bargaining are often missing in outsourced services, leading to further attacks on working conditions. The proposed new Procurement Bill will be crucial to addressing these gaps and delivering decent work across our public services. To succeed for workers and service users, this agenda needs widespread public support. Please sign the official record of support for insourcing today.

Reform UK have pledged to introduce a Great Repeal Bill to remove the Employment Rights Act 2025 and the Renters’ Rights Act 2025. Unions, workers, and renters have long campaigned for these essential new rights. Reform are threatening to snatch them away. They have also pledged to repeal the Equality Act 2010, the law that stops you from being discriminated against at work. With these plans, Reform wants to rig the system in favour of their corporate backers. The ‘regulations’ they hate are hard fought for rights that give working people a voice and protect us at work. Axing workers’ and renters’ rights won’t cut our bills or increase our pay. It would slash standards and make us all worse off. Our message to Reform - and to every parliamentarian - is simple: commit now to opposing the Great Repeal Bill.

Further strike action is now planned. This is a last resort, and not a position anyone takes lightly, but it reflects the depth of anger and concern about the future of the University of Essex. Without action, staff will continue to lose their livelihoods, in a higher education sector already facing a jobs crisis, where alternative employment is scarce and careers built over many years are destroyed overnight. Students will face reduced support, overcrowded classes, and exhausted, over-worked staff who cannot provide the great experience Essex should be offering. We call on University of Essex management and Council to: ·       Stop compulsory redundancies ·       Hold meaningful consultation with staff over proposed cuts ·       Return to negotiations with Trade Unions The more people who sign this petition, the clearer it becomes that Essex staff and students are not standing alone — and that management must come back to the table. To keep up with UNISON and UCU’s campaigns, see our full list of demands, and support striking workers, please go to: https://unison.org.uk/campaigns/uni-essex-stop-cuts https://www.ucu.essex.ac.uk/

Wirral Evolutions requires high qualifications of staff to protect the quality, safety, and sustainability of support for vulnerable people now and in the future. Fair, equal pay ensures skilled professionals are valued, retained, and able to deliver the high-quality service that clients depend on.