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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.

  622 of 800 Signatures

  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.

  1,596 of 2,000 Signatures

  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.

  113 of 200 Signatures

  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. 

  19 of 100 Signatures

  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.

  4,606 of 5,000 Signatures

  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.

  439 of 500 Signatures

  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 election campaigns. 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 following the election period.    Sign our petition to party leaders today.

  635 of 800 Signatures

  Created by STUC
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  Official Record of Support: Back the Biggest Wave of Insourcing in a Generation

  For 15 years, working people suffered under the Conservative’s ideological drive to privatise our public services. Too often, outsourcing to private providers has come at the expense of our services and the workers who keep them going. In the NHS. In our schools. On our trains. Workers are undervalued, under-appreciated and underpaid. And the rest of us face increasingly fragmented and unaccountable services. Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay committed to ‘bring about the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation.’ As well as improving conditions for users and staff, this plan would cut down on private sector waste and deliver better value for the public purse. If you agree that public services should work for people, not just profit, sign our record of support for Labour’s insourcing pledge. Defend public service workers. Protect public service users.

  14,030 of 15,000 Signatures
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  Email Bishop Patrick McKinney: Pause Proposals And Protect Our Schools!

  UNISON members across Saint Ralph Sherwin and Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts (CMAT) are striking to protect their communities in what is believed to be the first CMAT support staff strike in UK history. This is following proposals which would see some support staff pay fall by 25% alongside huge reductions in working hours to bail out Trusts that have overseen financial chaos. Workers are asking for those wishing to support their fight to e-mail Bishop Patrick McKinney, who has responsibility for Catholic schools and academies in the region, to request a pause to this punitive proposal and seek a commitment from both Trusts to fully explore every possible source of funding. Please use and adapt the template letter to make your thoughts heard by the Bishop and support the fantastic UNISON members fighting for their schools.

  1,719 of 2,000 Signatures

  Created by UNISON East Midlands
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  Our Skills Don’t Pay The Bills!

  Support us and sign. Overtime rates as per Agenda for Change T&Cs!

  500 of 600 Signatures

  Created by Rebecca Larney
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  Save Milton Keynes College Little Explorers Nursery

  Milton Keynes College has plans to close its Little Explorers Nursery,the nursery is a vital service that staff and students depend on to balance work, study, and family life. Its proposed closure will have a significant negative impact across the college community. First and foremost, the closure will disproportionately affect economically and socially deprived students who rely on the nursery’s bespoke and supportive provision—support that cannot simply be replaced elsewhere.  

  7 of 100 Signatures

  Created by Sam Memmott