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  End rail outsourcing – bring our cleaners back in-house!

  The largest rail operator in the UK – Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR)  – has just come into public ownership under Great British Railways. But without further action, a hidden layer of privatisation – outsourcing – will continue, undermining the government’s public ownership agenda. Rather than directly employing many of the workers who keep our railways running, GTR have outsourced their work to private companies. Take cleaning. GTR’s cleaners are actually employed by Churchill, who make an estimated £2.52 million a year from this contract. Outsourcing profits are made by giving staff low pay, no or little sick pay, and no decent pension. Firms cut jobs to make their profits bigger, forcing everyone else to work harder. It’s a rip off for taxpayers. It’s a worse service for passengers. And it exploits the workers who keep our railways running. GTR must set out a timetable to end outsourcing, starting by bringing Churchill cleaners back in-house immediately.

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  Created by RMT Union
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  Save Paradise Park Nursery and Protect Jobs

  We, the workers, parents and community of Islington, call on Islington Council to urgently halt the closure of Paradise Park Nursery and protect jobs for all workers at Islington Play Association (IPA). IPA runs Paradise Park Nursery and four adventure playgrounds that local families rely on every day. Due to financial difficulties, the charity has said it can no longer continue operating. In response, the Council has proposed taking over the playgrounds but allowing the nursery to close — with no guarantees for around 30 workers. The workers face losing their livelihood, children without their loving nursery and parents scambling to find alternative childcare options in a part of London where nurseries are over subscribed. Serious concerns have been raised that not all possible options for keeping both the nursery and playgrounds open have been fully considered before this decision was reached. This means the closure of Paradise Park Nursery may be premature and avoidable. No meaningful consultation has taken place with workers, parents or the wider community — and there has been no real opportunity for families, worker or the local community to put forward alternatives or shape the future of the services they rely on. Nursery workers are facing losing their jobs and so are playground staff. Even though the Council has said the playgrounds will remain open, playground staff have been issued ‘at risk’ letters. This uncertainty is causing avoidable distress to committed staff who have supported Islington families for years. We call on Islington Council, Cllr Una O’Halloran and Cllr Sheila Chapman to: • Pause the closure of Paradise Park Nursery immediately • Review all available options to keep both the nursery and playgrounds open • Guarantee no compulsory redundancies for all workers at IPA • Put urgent interim arrangements in place to keep the nursery and playgrounds operating • Work with staff, parents and the community to secure a long term future • Engage in meaningful consultation before any final decisions are made 

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  Created by Lloyd Sherwood & Daniel Shannon-Hughes
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  Save the Institute of Orthopaedics Library!

  We call for an immediate withdrawal of proposals to close the UCL Institute of Orthopaedics Library and transfer day-to-day management of the space to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.  Last week, UCL LCCOS management announced proposals to close the UCL Institute of Orthopaedics Library in Stanmore and transfer day-to-day management of the space to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.  In the closure proposals, five out of six jobs will be lost, with staff facing redeployment to different roles at library sites an hour away or facing redundancy. UCL has opened up a short, one month-long consultation on the proposals, wishing to close the site by 1st September 2026, just a few months away. These proposals would leave students at the Institute of Orthopaedics Library over 10 miles from their next nearest UCL library space, and without access to the specialist knowledge and support currently provided by staff on site.  Instead of on-site services with dedicated study space and a specialist library team, staff and students at the Institute of Orthopaedics will be reliant on digital resources and one library staff member based off site. We oppose the proposed closure of the Institute of Orthopaedics Library and are calling on UCL to withdraw these proposals in full. UCL management have justified the library’s closure through claimed reduced in-person borrowing statistics and reduced funding contributions from the NHS towards the library. However, we do not believe this reasoning reflects the reality of the situation on the ground and instead is being used to justify wider plans by UCL to centralise services and close smaller university sites. We, the undersigned, call on UCL to: • Withdraw the current proposals to close the Institute of Orthopaedics Library; • Agree to no compulsory redundancies of staff in this team; • Commit to consult meaningfully over a long timeframe with the Institute of Orthopaedics staff and student community and trade unions, on the future of the library; • Recognise the skills, value and experience of these specialist staff.

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  Created by Matthew Lee
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  Stamp out zero-hours contracts: protect all workers from exploitation

  Insecure work is out of control. Millions are stuck on variable-hours contracts, unsure how much they’ll earn from week to week. They struggle to plan their lives, look after their children, or budget for the future. In its manifesto, the government committed to banning zero-hours contracts by offering workers a right to guaranteed hours and other protections. Employers are now seeking to undermine that pledge. With ministers about to launch a consultation on their guaranteed hours proposals, business groups are calling for the new protections to be watered down. But we know that everyone deserves a secure job they can rely on. The government must stand firm on its pledge to ban zero hours contracts. Let's protect all workers from exploitation.

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  Gaining Union Recognition for The Halliard Trust

  Our petition aims for Halliard Academy Trust to recognise unions to give teachers a voice in shaping workload, employment policies and professional expectations. 

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  Created by NASUWT - The Teachers' Union
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  End outsourcing at Southeastern Trains

  We welcome the fact that Southeastern Trains is publicly owned and its staff are becoming part of Great British Railways. But too many people are being left behind. The people who clean your trains and stations are still outsourced to a private company called Churchill. Churchill have paid out more than £50 million to their shareholders in the last two years. Their profits are made by making sure their staff have low pay, no sick pay and no decent pension. They cut jobs to make their profits bigger and force everyone else to work harder. So, if you’ve ever thought your trains or stations could be cleaner, you’re right. They could be, if you brought them into Southeastern Trains, employed them directly and treated properly. It's time for Southeastern Trains to put an end to outsourcing.

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  Created by RMT Union
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  Stop the cuts at Horncastle Education Trust. Protect our Schools

  We are urgently petitioning the Trust to stop and reverse the planned cuts to our vital teaching and support staff. Our schools thrive because of the dedicated professionals who guide, inspire, and protect our students. Reducing their numbers isn’t just a budget adjustment, it’s a direct threat to our children’s education. These cuts could lead to: • Fewer lessons taught by subject specialists leading to a reduced quality of education for each child. • Reduced support for students with additional needs or mental health challenges. • Increased pressure on remaining staff, leading to burnout and a decline in educational quality. • Fewer extracurricular opportunities and a narrowed curriculum. Our children deserve a stable, well-resourced environment to reach their full potential. Please stand with us, sign the petition, and protect the heart of our schools.

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  Created by Bradley Wall
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  Pay Barnet’s cleaners on time — and bring cleaning back in-house

  Barnet Council must require Norse Group to meet basic fair pay standards on the Barnet cleaning contract: pay wages promptly (at the end of the pay period or within a small number of working days) and apply the London Living Wage uplift from the October announcement date, not delayed until 1 April. Lastly, the Council should bring cleaning back in-house at the earliest opportunity.

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  Created by Barnet UNISON
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  Workers shouldn’t pay for Trump’s war

  I’m Lewis and I work in a bricks factory in the West Midlands.  Trump started an illegal war on Iran, sending energy prices here in the UK through the roof. It’s jobs like mine that will pay the price.  I’ve already lived through one energy crisis, and I’m not willing to pay for another one.  When Putin invaded Ukraine, gas prices spiked, creating a massive energy crisis and a cost of living crisis.   We paid the price for that crisis – with soaring energy bills and thousands of job losses.  Meanwhile energy companies pocketed billions in megaprofits.  This time around, we say no.  This war needs to fully end.   We need immediate support to protect industrial firms and jobs, investment to shield our industries from international crisis, and an end to profiteering. 

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  Created by Lewis, Brick Factory Worker
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  End long hours culture in film & TV

  End long hours culture in UK Film & TV ““I cried at work from pure exhaustion, it was humiliating. I never see my family, I neglect most of my personal life to be able to keep up with the hours.” Anonymous” Behind the glitzy image of film and TV is a workforce pushed to the limit. Workers are routinely asked to "break turnaround". A worker is considered to have ‘broken turnaround’ when they are required by their employer to return to work within less than 11 consecutive hours in each 24-hour period. This is in breach of workplace rights. Freelancers across the industry are routinely working 14-16 hour days, often with little rest, few breaks, and no meaningful increase in pay. Long hours culture is the norm. Bectu's Broken Turnaround survey revealed widespread breaches of basic turnaround times, alongside testimonies that expose a culture putting workers at risk. Despite years of promises, the industry has failed to act.Talk of work life balance means nothing without real change. Enough is enough. We are calling on the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (Pact) and the wider industry to: • Enforce safe working hours and proper rest periods • Guarantee regular, protected breaks • Make overtime voluntary, not expected • Apply premium penalty rates to minimise its use • Commit to collective agreements that protect crew Sign this petition to demand safer, fairer working lives for everyone behind the camera.

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  Created by Bectu Union
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  Stop union-busting: protect union reps! Reinstate Tom Barker!

  For more than five months, UNISON’s Leicester City branch has been campaigning to  reinstate victimised trade union rep, Tom Barker. Tom is a teaching assistant and UNISON Steward at Ash Field Academy, a SEND School in Leicester operated by Discovery Schools Academy Trust ("DSAT"). Tom was suspended from duties on October 30th 2025. Just four working days earlier, a UNISON ballot for industrial action had concluded, in which a clear strike mandate was established: 60% of Ash Field members cast a vote, with 86% voting for industrial action over staffing and safety. DSAT claims that Tom's case is still under investigation – though the allegations used to justify the original suspension have since been dropped, DSAT has since introduced a new set of allegations. These new allegations have already been investigated, but DSAT is insisting on investigating them again, and is refusing to lift Tom's suspension while it does so. UNISON believes that this is a clear case of union-busting. We believe that Tom was suspended both for his role in organising successful ballots, and to intimidate other UNISON members at Ash Field into silence. We call upon DSAT to immediately reinstate Tom Barker, to permanently stop all anti-union activity, and to instead work together with trade unions to address concerns raised by its workforce.

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  Created by Sam Randfield
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  No more Creative Standards - Cement Fair Work in the Art of Scotland

  We are calling on all political parties to put Fair Work in the creative industries at the heart of their programme for the first 100 days of the new parliament. What does this mean in practice?  Following the work carried out by the STUC and Trade Unions within Scotland's Culture Sector, the Scottish Government commissioned two Independent reports into Creative Scotland and Fair Work within Scotland's cultural and creative industries.   These reports proposed a combined total of 52 recommendations to improve the conditions of the estimated 90,000 workers across Scotland.    None of the 52 recommendations were enacted before the Scottish Parliament session ended for the 2026 elections.  We need all political parties to pledge the immediate adaption and implementation of the recommendations as soon as possible in the new session of the Scottish Parliament.   Sign our petition to politicians today.

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  Created by STUC