The government announces the lifting of national lockdown restrictions for the 2nd December
Today the government announced national lockdown restrictions will be lifted on the 2nd of December and that England will return to a 3-tiered regional…
Year: 2020
Security guard seeks ‘groundbreaking’ injunction to stop his ‘unlawful’ sacking in what his union UVW describes as the first case of its kind for a low paid worker
On Tuesday 24th November in an injunction hearing will be heard in London to determine whether security contractor Wilson James should be forced to…
Security guard & union activist suspended by outsourcing firm Wilson James because of his and his union’s belief that ‘outsourcing is discriminatory’
Union activist Mr Cetin Avsar has been suspended by outsourcing firm Wilson James because he led a strike at his former job at St…
Major London law firm Vardags loses High Court battle to ‘gag’ former employee in ‘tacky or tarty’ dress code row
Trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) has declared victory following its member’s successful “High Court showdown” over an attempt by one of the country's top divorce law firms to “gag” a former employee accused of leaking a memo in which female staff were reminded that they could dress ‘discreetly sexy’, but ‘never tarty'.
Bosses at care home in North London agree to negotiate as care workers vote to strike
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE03/11/2020 Care workers and cleaners at Sage nursing home in North London are fighting for £12 an hour and parity with NHS…
Hospitality workers secure two years of unlawfully withheld holiday pay
Twenty-four workers at a well-known London nightlife venue submitted a group employment tribunal claim for two years worth of unpaid holiday pay. Their boss…