Successful Campaigns

Thanks to all who helped. With public pressure online and allies in parliament, we managed to force Tim into a U-turn on his refusal to pay! The campaign is still going on to win all Spoons workers fairer pay and safer work through the pandemic and beyond. Join at bfawu.org

The workers secured full redundancy pay - thank you to those who supported the campaign by signing this petition!

On 14th February 2024, we delivered this petition to Council Leader Cammy Day and convener of the Finance Committee, Mandy Watt. Over 3,500 of us have called on them to reverse savage school cuts that would massively impact the children of our city. As a result of this campaign and your support of this petition, we have had assurances that alternatives have been found for this year in the latest budget proposals. This is a huge win for our campaign and Edinburgh schools! You can read more about our campaign was mentioned in the news here: https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/petition-scrap-edinburgh-school-cuts-28634643 We will continue to campaign and make sure that these cuts are permanently revoked to protect our schools in the long term. Be assured that we'll be lobbying throughout the coming months to ensure this happens.

Pressure from the campaign secured renewed commitment to implement universal 'free school meals' We also won our demand to write off school meal debt. Over £300,000 of school meal debt was written off.

On 10 January, Devon and Somerset Fire Authority voted on the proposed cuts to Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. Thanks to tireless campaigning from our members and supporters, we saved 6 stations from closure, over 100 jobs, and stopped three whole-time stations open 24-hours a day from being downgraded to day-crewed stations. We also stopped the third fire engines at Bridgwater, Taunton, Torquay and Yeovil stations from being removed entirely, which will now be replaced by an alternative vehicle. Unfortunately some of the cuts were still pushed through - such as the closure of Budleigh Salterton station – but we’re proud of what we’ve achieved.

We won

The workers have won! Thanks for your support! Since winning in February 2024, the workers have been retrospectively re-banded up to April 2018, recieving up to 6 years of back pay and increased wages. Thank you for taking action! Together you showed the CEO how much we value our NHS workers. And you reminded the workers that there was a whole movement ready to back them up. Please can you take a moment to suport Healthcare Assistants in the Wirral who are still fighting for fair pay: https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pay-fair-for-patient-care-support-wirral-s-clinical-support-workers

The workers have won! Thanks for your support! Since winning in December 2023, the workers have been retrospectively re-banded up to April 2018, recieving up to 6 years of back pay and increased wages. Thank you for taking action! Together you showed the CEO how much we value our NHS workers. And you reminded the workers that there was a whole movement ready to back them up. Please can you take a moment to suport Healthcare Assistants in the Wirral who are still fighting for fair pay: https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pay-fair-for-patient-care-support-wirral-s-clinical-support-workers

Unite reps are pleased to announce that we have won in our dispute at Medway Norse and have ensured a safe environment for the staff and the local community. Thanks to the strength of workers who stood together and the support of people like you who signed our petition, Medway Norse have agreed to pay all staff for yesterday and today regardless if they went to work or not, they have implemented social distancing measures, PPE (such as hand Sanitizer, Gloves, Wipes and Masks) have been made available, and all staff are guaranteed toilet access even if they close the toilets to the public. On behalf of Unite the Union, we would like to send a big thank you to everyone who signed and shared the petition and backed our members to get this victory.

Thanks in part to your support we were able to push LBG into tabling a pay offer which ensured a pay increase of 8-13% for 43,000 LBG workers.