Build real worker power!

6-WEEK COURSE 17 march – 1 may, 2026

Course Info:

🗓️ Deadline to apply: 17 February 2026

🗓️ Duration: 6-week course, 17 March – 1 May 2026

🚀 Start date: Tuesday 17 March 2026 (6 PM – 8 PM)
📌 Weekly sessions: Every Tuesday evening per week, 6pm – 8pm + fieldwork

⏲️ One-week break: 6 – 10 April 2026

⏳ Course ends: Friday 1 May 2026

📍 Location: Casa UVW, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, London E1 5QJ

💰 Cost: Free (donation suggested: £50)

About this course

The next 6-week EGOS course (March–April 2026) will have a special focus on the hotel industry, drawing on our recent historic Radisson Blu victories as inspiration.

The hotel sector is plagued by exploitative conditions, high turnover, and precarious work, and remains severely under-unionised, but it’s not unorganisable!

In 2025, UVW organised and led a historic win at the Radisson Blu Canary Wharf, where housekeepers, mostly migrant women from Nepal, took successful strike action and called and cancelled a planned six-week strike after securing every demand: pay rises, back pay, reduced workloads, and guaranteed minimum hours. This was the first major hotel strike victory in England since 1979, led by UVW.

Building on this win, UVW members won a major victory at Radisson Blu Euston Square, securing higher pay, reduced workloads, and full-time guaranteed hours for housekeepers. These wins highlight the power of grassroots organising, and in this course, you’ll learn how to take those lessons and apply them in hotels, care homes, hospitals, universities, and other sectors.

Expect interactive workshops, campaign planning, and practical exercises, plus the chance to work on real UVW campaigns.

You should apply if you are…

✔️ An activist or aspiring organiser in any sector who wants to build worker power
✔️ Committed to solidarity with migrant and precarious workers — no prior experience needed
✔️ Able to commit 2–4 hours per week, including one evening on-site + fieldwork

What you will learn

🔥 How to map workplaces and identify key targets
💡 Leadership building, one-on-one conversations, and strategic communication
✊ Campaign planning, growing membership, and preparing for industrial action
🏨 Hands-on experience with real UVW campaigns, including ongoing hotel campaigns, plus opportunities in other sectors

…and much more!

Cost

Training is free, but a donation to the UVW Strike Fund is encouraged — £50 minimum suggested.

Apply now

📢 Limited spots available! Join the next wave of UVW organisers leading real victories across London’s workplaces.