Private school cleaners vote YES to strike over poverty pay
“I am ready to strike because our demands are fair. We need a pay rise but we’ve been denied. So the time has come…
Year: 2024
Cleaners at private school in South London to strike over poverty pay
The cleaners at Blackheath Prep today returned a unanimous yes vote to take strike action for improved terms and conditions at the private school…
Free Free Palestine! Art for resistance
“In UVW, we believe in the power of the Global South, we believe in the power of the working class and we are in…
UVW win: Milagros reinstated!
“If it wasn’t for the union I wouldn’t have got my job back“ Milagros Icaza, sacked cleaner and UVW member Originally from Peru, Milagros…
UVW stitches it up!
This month we finally finished our glorious, and new best-in-the-trade-union-movement, banner, designed with the guidance and support of renowned banner designer Ed Hall, UVW…
SAT 27 APRIL 2024, 3pm-5pm
CAFÉ CONSULTA, COFFEE Q&A
Do you want advice from experienced reps and organisers about how to solve your problems at work? Do you have questions about the union?…
30 MAY 2024
🇵🇸 Art exhibition on Palestine
UVW warmly invites members and the public for an art exhibition on Palestine. Artists will be exhibiting prints, embroidery and paintings in an act…
Cleaners descend on The Dorchester Hotel over the sacking of Peruvian cloak room attendant
“I want my job back. I want my reputation back. I did nothing wrong. I don’t deserve this treatment. I’m not scared and I…
Cleaners descend on The Dorchester Hotel over the sacking of Peruvian cloak room attendant
Cloakroom attendant Teresa Calixto from Peru was sacked by the five star Dorchester hotel for allegedly failing to replenish a soap dispenser and pick…
THURSDAY 4 APRIL 2024, 5pm-7PM
COME EMBROIDER THE UVW BANNER
Come embroider the UVW banner with the Chilean exile community group Bordando por la Memoria and renowned banner designer Ed Hall on Thursday 4…
Cleaners continue their epic battle against historic racial discriminatory outsourcing at Great Ormond Street Hospital in legal appeal
UVW cleaner members at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) are continuing their epic legal battle against historic racially discriminatory outsourcing at the London famous…