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Petition update, 12 January 2009

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Prison Officers have been denied full trade union rights since 1993, we ask; why, to what end and for what purpose?

More to the point, should this position continue?

We say no and urge you to support the POA in their petition to the Prime Minister to rectify this industrial relations anomaly.

Why are Prison Officers and Prison Custody Officers treated differently to other essential service providers, such as the Fire Service and Health Workers? We don’t know and believe that we should be treated as equals and trusted as Public Sector workers delivering a service for the public and the Government. All that we have ever asked is to be treated fairly and equally and recognised for the work it delivers on behalf of the public.

Current signatories

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• Ian McGill
• steve brinkley
• Wayne Broom
• Steve Harman (FBU)
• Graham Clasper
• maurice wilson
• Alistair Munro
• Kieran barr
• william sunderland
• russ king
• Alan Jaques
• Dave Beverley
• Ben Heanue
• Tam McFarlane
• Brian McGuigan FBU
• William Weir FBU
• Dave Green
• Cerith Griffiths
• Stephen McDowell
• Graham Humphrey
• Paul Matthewman FBU
• Andy Dark Assistant General Secretary FBU
• David Whatton
• Ian Stirling
• Paul Watts(FBU)
• David Higgins
• stephen ainley (FBU)
• JIM CURRY
• Jaynette Stirling
• chris howells
• Bryan Barrett
• Barrie Davies
• Colin James (FBU)
• jim sullivan
• Darren Kenniford (FBU)
• S.Phillips
• Terry John
• yannick dubois
• Karen Adams
• Andrew Davies
• chris churchill
• Peter Miller
• patrick hampsey
• Tim Grimstone
• derek smith
• James Richards (FBU)
• Steve Collins
• Andy Walton
• Les Skarratts
• dan white
• Terry Nottle FBU Kernow
• Julian Trout
• William Clements
• Ian hatton
• hugh gamble
• Leonard Rees
• Chris Morris
• Jason Woodman
• Neil Bray
• Gareth Rice
• andrew ash
• stephanie lovering
• Nicholas Browning
• graeme callan
• Andrew Richards
• geoff way
• W G Howells
• Lee Foster
• Claire Cross
• James Oakey
• andy vingoe
• trevor connolly
• Elwyn Hamer
• David Nichol
• Matthew Blaney
• mark snell
• Allan Jarvis
• Gail Smith
• martin John Pressey
• Ernie Thornton
• N. LONGDEN
• Mark Dunne
• Ian Seward
• Alessandro Gourley
• Sophie Harris
• Stephen Fox
• Daryl Justice
• Gareth Clarke
• elizabeth graham
• steve jones
• John Drake
• Kevin Thompson
• RON CROSBY
• S A Smith
• graeme parker
• Chris Taylor
• steve kendrick
• Peter Wilcox, FBU
• Neil Ritchie
• Steven Heard
• john hoey
• GRAHAM BRISBANE
• WAyne Evans
• Ian Tomlinson
• Craig Smith
• Fleur Evans
• Nigel Wiseman
• Stuart Frith
• Raymons Shaw
• Andrea Hudson
• Ian Kettlewell
• bob beech
• steve beswick
• david hornby
• gary walsh
• Derek Brannon
• Mick Park
• Dean Acaster
• Ronald McClelland
• Kim Howard
• Mick Lacey
• Terry Clarkson
• Terry Swift
• chris newton
• jason clarke
• Mrs W J McLoughlin
• jenny smith
• harry morey
• Jan Massey
• David George
• Julia Watson
• Linda Hughes,
• Bob Stephenson
• S Smith
• Gary Tottey
• Stan Yates
• David Storrie
• Andy Hiscox FBU Avon FRS Control branch rep
• robert galeney
• David Worth
• Sally Glennon
• J Pound
• Michelle Fish
• Nathan Blanch
• LEE MURRAY
• Graham Broadfield
• Slobodan Jovanovic
• Paul Palmer
• Philip Oakley
• Ian Parkes
• john skelton
• Keith Hills
• Ian Lockett
• Justin Thomas
• Callum McEachnie
• Anthony Willis
• Mohammad Javed
• Julie Connolly
• Lou Jackson
• Paul Rawding
• Steve Johnson
• Gareth Markes
• john kay
• A.Rimmer
• SHARON ECKERSLEY
• John Armstrong
• Carolyn Clayton
• Tony Jarvis
• Frances Walsh
• Ian Sinclair
• A Perry
• Ray McCerery
• Peter Hope (FBU)
• Victor M Evans
• Pug Molloy
• Jim Nokes
• Graeme Cook
• kenny burgess
• lee heseltine
• james mccreadie
• Simon Beynon
• Stephen Douglas
• Jason Jones
• Sarah Jane Wightman
• ralph l;ivesey
• Neil Jamieson
• kirk elliott
• mick thompson
• Kevin Herniman
• Timothy Patterson
• D Hollingworth
• Kevin O'Neill
• george maas
• sean mcnicholas
• steven john hartle
• Norman Jemison
• Ian Adamson
• Mo Forder
• Mark Brumwell
• stephen womack
• stephen belcher
• M.G.Buckingham
• MR MARTIN J HARDY
• Paul Sutton
• Brendan Kelly
• steve burden
• Philip Arnold
• Robert Anderton
• Becky Greenaway
• Keith Howard
• Stephen Robinson
• martyn underhill
• Robin White
• Stephanie Busby
• Ben Sellers
• Glen Burrows
• John Mcknight
• terry
• Rachel Hargreaves
• John Mcgrath
• Shaun White
• john kear
• G Mason
• paul meekin
• Gary Spindler FBU
• Gary Crompton
• Paul Slinger
• Wes Fish
• Brett Giroux (CWU)
• Gareth Lloyd
• DAVID PHELAN
• paul kerr
• Robert Jones
• Andy Porter
• Lynn Browne
• David Williams
• kevin pengelly
• James Welford
• Ann Moses
• martrin banks
• Lorraine Clay
• Dave Walton
• sarah rigby
• Peter devaney
• Marc Bennett
• Gordon Hamilton
• Holly Mundy
• martin cook
• Howard Probert
• Howard Probert
• Dave Brown
• martin hurlow
• Martin Stokes
• Pete Sansum
• Pauline McVay
• christopher davies
• NEIL RUFFELL
• Janet Turner
• ANTONY EDWARD FLEMING
• James Lyon
• John Thompson
• bill moffat
• Gillian Whittle
• David Robert Prentice
• Alan Raven
• PD Hall
• paul sergeant
• Geoffrey Percy
• chris lawless
• Richard Hampson
• H R Mangham
• Stef Hargreaves
• Patricia Giles
• DAVID JOHN LAIT
• James Cahill
• Bill Dean
• colin connor
• Shaun Moser
• philip murphy
• Joan Moses
• Meena Kaymak
• Chris Constable
• Joe Swinburn
• K.Golightly.
• ian woods
• Paul Walker
• Alan Woodburn
• Mr. N.V. Edmonds
• STEVEN SWARBRICK
• KAREN HEDGES
• KAREN HEDGES
• David Wilson
• Chris Watson
• christopher carse
• Dot Webb
• Jay Marshall
• Terence Peter Hunt
• Allan Thirsk
• Philip King
• Sarah Vinton
• Michael Cameron
• David Rainford
• Jan Gifford
• Stephen Berry
• Mark J Brennan
• Paul Arandall
• rosie watson
• Andrew Lee
• Liam Tyrell
• Andrew Sedgemore
• Tony Moore
• Brian Ward
• Aan Million
• paul stewart
• Steven Lawson
• Kirsty Ryall
• d simm
• Harry Girvan
• John Mitchell
• Craig Ian Smith
• Michael Nash
• Lee White
• Paul Harrison
• Joanne Lawton CWU
• Nicholas Tosh
• valerie regan
• Gary Beaumont
• RIC DENNIS
• Sebastian Pounder
• John E Thornhill
• Brian Cooper
• J Fenwick
• Julian Jenkins
• Brother Dennis Fallen T&G section of Unite Scotland
• chris coulson
• Helen Russell
• Jon Brown
• Belinda Hinsley
• Davena Slade
• John-Dean Leake
• Andy Gowen
• Brian Kaney
• Mike Black
• christopher darren haley(HMP LEEDS)
• brian a ritchie
• David Byrne
• William Gale
• Martin Thomson
• John Cairney
• DOUGLAS SMITH
• Colin Badgery
• Dave Finnie
• G Chapman
• derek robinson
• Andrew Brooks
• tracy okeefe
• Karen Firth
• Glyn Walton
• John Cornwell
• Rod Cargill
• Andrew Livall
• Connor Robinson
• glenn hughff
• barbara hughff
• Vic Odell
• Will Thurbin
• Les Williams
• john barker
• Caroline Odell
• Stephen Gillan
• Adrian Stainforth
• Ian Lumb
• Wayne Campbell
• G Rayner
• Francis Maple
• Graham Maple
• Patrick Kitchen
• David Harris
• mark heaney
• john leach
• Walter Phimister
• hayley foulger
• Faye Hazeldene
• Joseph Crawley
• Dave Hamilton
• David Hope
• neil thackwray
• Andrew Balmer
• Andrew Gailes
• Stephen Kay
• Alan Beaton
• Ian Carruthers
• Iain Lowe
• andrew borthwick
• steven oglesby
• RICHARD DEELEY
• E Sanders
• SIMON DEELEY
• Damian O'Brien
• Katie Smith
• Graeme Carter
• julie brennqan
• leslie roulstone
• J.G.Ray
• richard Carsey
• P.Sanders
• Anabel Carrington
• Stuart Sayer
• Jane Patten
• Paul Urbanowicz
• Vincent Seekings
• Philip Smith
• Philip Bramham
• garry reeves
• Graham Milham
• Derek O'Malia
• Tim Sandle
• alex young
• Andrew Meikle
• Kevin John Monk
• RobeDelaneyrt
• d brown
• Eddy Powell
• Trevor Horn
• Justin Reffin
• Martyn Dawe
• keith brock
• k.howlett
• MICHAEL NASH
• Marguerita Sandland
• Darren Brackenbury
• Philip Barber
• Jason Headington
• Stuart Freeman
• William Alexander
• Christopher Emms
• Nadia Woodhouse
• r cuthbert
• t mottram
• n back
• Frank E. Wood
• Daniel Church
• a cooper
• Ian Lockett
• mick longstaff
• michael pimblett
• Anne Baron
• Steve Oxby
• Ronald Adams
• judith a Veitch
• tim wand
• Jackie Marshall
• julie roberts
• Gordon Pike
• Anita Thackray
• Paul O'Rourke
• Allan Jarvis
• Jennie Fox-Martin
• Colin Kelly
• Carl Martinez
• Mark Smout
• neil hankin
• Peter E Allen
• brian traynor NEO
• John Milham
• Denise Caiger
• Jacqueline Kersey
• Reginald Bond
• MARC NELSON
• Mark Caws
• Steven Lawson
• Rick Robinson
• R W Gibbs
• lee-john Farrelly
• C.Mooney
• john hoey
• Kelly Johnson
• David Welton
• Denni Smith
• Tom Gilbert
• samantha peake RMT
• Nicola Gale - Former POA member HMP Exeter
• Cassie Paull
• Ray Hall
• dm ingham
• Donald Minchin
• john barker
• Claire Blue
• Cedric Knight
• Sally Anne March
• Chris Smith
• andrew kennedy
• Anne-Marie Francis
• Lisa Roxanne Saunders
• Officer Andy McClay
• Simon.dunn
• Phyllis Yates
• Stephen Parry
• Steve Storey
• PETER HOWARD

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