Prospect Union

🤖Is AI really that dangerous?🤖 Prospect member Sarthak Kumar, explores why AI governance is important and why workers should help shape how it is used at work. #AI #ShareYourThoughts

Exciting news - we've signed an access agreement with Meta so we can communicate with their workers about what we can offer them as a trade union. This is a sector that needs more union representation. Read more here - www.itpro.com/business/pol...

🛫 Prospect calls for investment in air traffic control following the publication of the preliminary NATS incident report 🛫 Read our statement now ⤵️ prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...

UPDATE: Prospect members at the V&A in South Kensington are striking over pay and working conditions on 25 and 26 September. V&A Director Tristram Hunt has continued to refuse to take part in any arbitration talks, and V&A has failed to come back with any revised offer.

For the second year in a row, Mike Clancy, Prospect General Secretary has spoken in support of our defence members at TUC Congress after a 'wages not weapons' motion was brought back, despite a similar one having been carried at last year's Congress. Read more: prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...

The civil service pension crisis isn’t over. More than 20,000 people have now signed our petition calling for pension administration to be brought back in-house. We’re keeping up the pressure on the Government to act. Sign our petition to help end the pension chaos.

Liverpool Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has joined Prospect’s calls for the Government to pause damaging science cuts, backing calls for a proper assessment of their impact. The proposed STFC cuts put hundreds of science jobs and world-leading facilities at risk. prospect.org.uk/news/key-bur...

"Passion doesn't pay the bills." Prospect & @pcsunion.bsky.social members at the V&A were out in numbers last weekend for two rainy days on the picket line ☔ Prospect members at V&A East, V&A Storehouse and Young V&A have taken strike action in a dispute over pay and working conditions.

It’s time for Government to act. Today, Prospect and PCS took our petition, signed by more than 14,000 people, to 10 Downing Street. Since Capita took over the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, it has been in complete chaos. We are calling the scheme to be brought back in-house.

It is a scandal of epic proportions. Prospect General Secretary on Capita’s disastrous handling of the civil service pension scheme and the impact this has had on thousands of our members.

Prospect members at Royal Museums Greenwich are out on strike for a second day, fighting for better terms and conditions ✊ Members at the Royal Observatory are among those taking action ahead of this evening’s solar eclipse, sending a strong message to management: museum workers won’t be eclipsed 🌘

It’s not too late for Norwich Airport to avert industrial action. Our National Secretary David Avery was on BBC Radio Norfolk this morning as we prepare to meet with airport management today, with air traffic control staff due to start action short of a strike next week.

There is a funding crisis in heritage. Our General Secretary on Times Radio as Prospect members at the Royal Museums Greenwich take their second day of strike action, including members at the Royal Observatory on the day of the solar eclipse.

Prospect members working as air traffic controllers at Norwich Airport have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action after more than 18 months of discussions with the airport. We stand with our members as they seek a fair outcome. Read more: prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...

Prospect members at Royal Museums Greenwich, which includes the Royal Observatory, are taking strike action on 11 and 12 August. Across the heritage sector our members have been taken advantage of for too long. This summer we are sending a signal that they will not put up with it anymore.

Our members at V&A Storehouse are taking strike action because they don’t get proper breaks to drink water and use the toilet on shift. These working practices shouldn’t exist in a flagship museum in 2026. Join our General Secretary Mike Clancy in sending a message of solidarity to V&A workers.

Our members working in collections access at V&A have voted unanimously for strike action because they don't have time for toilet breaks or to drink water. All V&A members have separately also voted to strike over pay and conditions. Read more in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The closure of the iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory would be a tragedy for UK science that undermines the mission to be a science superpower, says Prospect. Read more ⬇️ prospect.org.uk/news/closure...

A short update on another unacceptable discovery in the Capita/Civil Service Pensions Scheme administration scandal

The union gazebo gets its annual Tolpuddle festival outing in the Dorset sunshine! @prospectunion.bsky.social Members of our Young Workers committee gave a helping hand to meet festival-goers and talk union (thanks David and Ollie 😁).

Prospect and Bectu will be marching at London Trans+ Pride this Saturday 25 July! Members who want to march can email lgbt@bectu.org.uk to let organiser Jess know they're coming and be sent meeting point info. Meeting from 1pm, March starts at 2pm, and concludes in Trafalgar SQ at 3.30pm.

Public sector research facilities now facing devastating cuts act as catalysts for regional business ecosystems, while offering training and job opportunities to their communities. Worrying reports that research institutes are facing deep funding cuts, putting jobs and UK research capacity at risk.

For months, Prospect has been calling out Capita's failures and standing up for members left waiting for pension payments and facing hardship. Now it's time to end Capita's contract and bring the Civil Service Pension Scheme back in-house. Read our response to the latest government announcement.

Prospect and the FDA have signed a new partnership framework with the Cabinet Office, setting out how unions and government can work together to improve the Civil Service through meaningful engagement and constructive industrial relations.

The Defence Investment Plan has been published today and is long overdue. Industry will welcome increased certainty but questions remain, especially around jobs. Delivery in part will depend on MoD civil servants and will be harder if there are cuts. Read more: prospect.org.uk/news/defence...

Prospect and PCS have co-sponsored a petition calling for civil service pension administration to be brought back in-house, after thousands have faced late or missing pension payments under the Capita-run scheme. Sign the petition ✍️

Attending the Uni of Manchester conference on space today on behalf of @prospectunion.bsky.social - fascinating talks that brought home importance to industrial policy, but also the need to think broadly about what the space industry is, and what regulation and skills are needed to drive it forward

Now we're talking. Prospect - the union for specialist civil servants including some in comms - has just called on the Government to stop using X after its use to help coordinate far right riots in the UK:

Great to hear from Peter Kyle, Secretary of State for Business and Trade, at Prospect National Conference. He spoke to delegates about the need for workers' rights to keep pace with the changing world of work, as well as the Employment Rights Act, Fair Work Agency and industrial strategy.

Why would any union affiliate with a party that wants to roll back workers’ rights and weaken protections at work? 🤨 Mike Clancy responds to Nigel Farage’s invitation to trade unions.

Delegates from across our union at Prospect National Conference showing solidarity with colleagues in the heritage sector. Value the workers who bring heritage to life 💚

Prospect is extremely concerned by recent incidents that have threatened Scottish football referees’ safety, both at work and outside the workplace. We have a significant membership among Scottish referees, and we fight for their rights and safety. Read more here: prospect.org.uk/news/prospec...

More plans from Reform that make no sense. Cutting government planning experts would cause chaos and lead to huge delays in major infrastructure projects, lower growth and higher energy bills for households.

A survey of Prospect members conducted just before the recent elections found that support for Labour has more than halved in two years. Read my piece in LabourList on what Labour need to do to win back our members, and the country 👇 labourlist.org/2026/05/labo...

Read our response to the EHRC guidance on single-sex spaces.

Government pay remit guidance for civil servants at 3.5% is a welcome acknowledgement of the cost-of-living crisis but lack of pay progression in delegate grades is disappointing. Our response to the government announcement here: prospect.org.uk/news/pay-rem...