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. TUC analysis shows all parties need to step up and commit to the demands above. But it also shows that Reform's current plans to slash climate upgrade investments would threaten 40,000 industrial jobs in Wales alone. That's 40,000 good industrial jobs in auto, chemicals and steel on the line, from Newport to Deeside to Pembroke. Reform's policies would take a wrecking ball to Welsh industry. Reform is the party of slash and burn economics. Nigel Farage has 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 have promised to deregulate and to scrap workers' rights. That's an agenda that serves the billionaires at the expense of workers. 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.

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.

This is about whether people live or die when the worst happens. These plans would slash Oxfordshire’s guaranteed night-time fire cover from seven to five fire engines, close local stations, remove a specialist rescue vehicle and force firefighters onto unsafe 12-hour shifts. That means slower response times, weaker back-up – and more lives, homes and businesses lost.   The cuts hit the people who most need protecting: children, older people, disabled people, low-income families in flats and HMOs, and rural towns and villages already a long way from help. Night-time fires, road traffic collisions and floods are exactly when you need more cover, not less – but this plan strips it away and hides the damage behind county-wide averages.    If we don’t stop this, Oxfordshire will be left with a brittle, hollowed-out fire and rescue service: exhausted crews on overlong shifts, families in Kidlington losing their homes, retained stations closed instead of supported, and experienced firefighters leaving for good. Once stations, fire engines and skills are gone, they are incredibly hard and expensive to get back.

We're now on strike, this has an impact on the whole school community. The Trust has the power to resolve this, your support could bring them back to the table with an offer to end this dispute.

The National Coal Mining Museum for England, based at Caphouse Colliery in Wakefield, is a national treasure.  What makes the Museum so unique and special is that it is not just a Museum of objects, it is a working pit.  In addition to exhibitions, the public is able to travel 140m underground and hear about the 180 years of mining history from ex-miners.  The stories are real, the experience is authentic and the memory of the unique, immersive experience stays with people forever. There is currently a strike at the Museum.  At the time this petition went live, the workers have been on strike for 3 months over a dispute that would cost the employer less than £10k to resolve.  Rather than resolve the dispute, the employer has made a series of pay offers, each one is worse than the previous.  It has been reported in the public domain that the Museum is paying £1200 a day (£33,600 a month) for a private security firm to stand at the gate.  To date, £100,800 of taxpayers money that should be used to advance the charity’s purpose has been handed over to this private company. The operational leadership of the Museum is undertaken by a Chief Executive but the overall responsibility and governance of the Museum rests with the Board of Trustees.  They have completely failed to lead the senior leadership team of the Museum and resolve the dispute.  The Trustees have:- 1)  Failed to ensure that the charity is carrying out its purposes for the public benefit.  To try and ensure visitors continue to visit the Museum even when there is no underground tour, they have allowed the Chief Executive to schedule activities that do not further or support the Museum’s purposes.  Spending charity funds on the wrong purposes is a very serious matter; in some cases trustees may have to reimburse the charity personally. 2)  Failed to act in the Museum’s best interests.  By not intervening to resolve the dispute when it was made clear that the Chief Executive was either not competent or unwilling to, they have failed to make balanced and adequately informed decisions by not thinking about the long term as well as the short-term future of the Museum.   3)  Failed to manage the Museum’s resources responsibly.        i)   By handing over more that £100k of taxpayers money to a private security company rather than resolve a dispute for less that £10k shows that the Trustees have failed to act responsibly or reasonably.  They have failed in their duty of prudence. Prudence is about exercising sound judgement.       ii)   They have failed to avoid exposing the Museum’s assets, beneficiaries or reputation to undue risk 4)  Failed to act with reasonable care and skill.  This includes the fact that some Trustees listed on the Museum’s website and on Companies House are not giving enough time, thought and energy to their role.  A number do not even attend or actively participate in the trustees’ meetings. 5)  Failed to ensure the Museum is accountable.  This includes the fact that the Museum is not always complying with the law and it is currently, not well run and effective For these reasons, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND THE TRUSTEES MUST RESIGN FROM ALL THEIR PAID AND UNPAID ROLES WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.  

In both recent surveys members told us so many stories that are incredibly concerning, we have included just a handful of quotes from Teaching Assistants below. We hope you can understand why we are asking for your support in this campaign. “During the pandemic, nursing support dropped out meaning TAs in my workplace were responsible for administering all medication to children, including controlled drugs.” “In School it's just assumed that the TAs will take on the medical care required. None of us have been formally trained - I learned how to give insulin from another TA. It feels like an accident waiting to happen, even though we're all very careful and professional about our children's needs.” “I can't remember that last time we had a school nurse in.” “Some support could be life changing if given incorrectly which makes me feel uncomfortable and less confident in my ability as I'm not medically trained.” This reform is essential to safeguard children’s health, uphold legal responsibilities, and protect school staff from unsafe and non-compliant practices.

After the collapse of the organisation running Manchester Pride, dozens of workers have been left unpaid for the work they have already done during the festival, to the tune of £50,000 (and counting). Each year Pride brings £34 million into the Manchester economy and performers are at the heart of that, yet Equity members have been left unpaid for amounts ranging from £150 to £3-5k. Many now face not being able to afford their rent and bills Before the council move on to discussions of Pride 2026 and beyond, they must first ensure that all of the workers left unpaid from the 2025 event receive what they are owed in full. We believe that Manchester has the capacity to build back a community focused Pride event which the people of the city deserve. We want to see lessons learned. We believe that corporate interests and increased scale have been wrongly prioritised, and that has resulted in significant damage to the cultural workforce who are so critical to the Village, to the city, and to the essence of Pride in Manchester.  Trust has been severely damaged. In order to repair and rebuild confidence in any form of Council endorsed Pride, we need to see a fair resolution for the cultural workforce of Manchester Pride 2025.  No Pride without performers,  No Performers without pay.