Statement on Solace Women’s Aid dispute
UVW members from Solace Women’s Aid met with council officials and representatives from the Mayor’s office to discuss the redundancies being proposed by Solace…
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Security guards at Natural History Museum, Science Museum and V&A to launch historic month-long strike action in February, urge public to not visit museums
The workers, who are outsourced to private security contractor Wilson James, are fighting for a pay rise to £16 per hour, sick pay from…
Workers at Solace Women’s Aid set to strike to save Tower Hamlets’ domestic abuse support services
Independent domestic violence advisers from Solace Women’s Aid in Tower Hamlets, who are members of UVW, are balloting to strike over significant and imminent…
Over 100 security guards to make history by taking co-ordinated strike action across the Science, Natural History and V&A Museums
Security guards at three world-renowned museums will make history on Saturday 21 December by striking together for the first time. They join workers from…
2025
Learn, Organise and party!
Get ready for a year of action at Casa UVW in 2025. We’ve got everything from workshops that’ll actually teach you something to training…
Department for Education security guards to join mass strike on 21 December
“We all saw how the cleaners and caterers were treated, and how UVW stood up for them. They were able to win their demands,…
23 Nov 2024, 12pm-2pm
Join the picket at the Science & Natural History museums
It’s picket time again!JOIN THE PICKET ON 23 NOVEMBER! 🗓️ Saturday 23 November 12pm📌 Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD The brave security guards…
Now, that’s what you call a picket! Over 300 join striking museum security guards
“I’m here at the picket line because my colleagues and UVW had no choice. We’ve felt ignored and undermined for so long, we had…
UVW union threatens landmark private prosecution over strike-breaking regulations against museum security contractor Wilson James and agency BMSL
UVW has instructed the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) to serve notice on Wilson James, the security contractor at the Science and Natural History…
15 Oct 2024, 6.30pm-8.30pm
UVW Certified Reps Course – Online only
Stand up to your bosses! Become a UVW union rep! Build your confidence skills to represent you and your colleagues in your workplace. This…
Security guards at the Natural History and Science museums vote overwhelmingly to strike!
“We’re going through all this pain but we don’t show it. Yet the Museum looks at us as second-class citizens; directly employed staff get…