Crisis at Solace Women’s Aid: Barnet and Tower Hamlets Support Workers set to strike
11 June Workers at the Barnet Solace Advocacy and Support Service (SASS), frontline advocates for survivors of gender-based violence, have opened a strike ballot…
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UVW is more than a union
UVW is more than a union This weekend, 17 May 2025, cleaners, security guards, carers, hospitality staff and workers from the design and cultural…
“I don’t steal. I’m not a thief” – UVW to sue LSE over summary dismissal of 70-year-old migrant cleaner
United Voices of the World (UVW) will initiate legal proceedings against the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) yet again, following the sudden and…
1 MAY 2025
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY WITH UVW
1st May is International Workers’ Day*! UVW calls on all our members, friends and comrades, to join us in a day of action and…
Victory for UVW: All redundancies stopped at Solace Women’s Aid
Members of the trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) at Solace Women’s Aid in Tower Hamlets today declare victory after successfully fighting…
Language is power
This weekend, we wrapped up the final English & digital skills classes for UVW’s latest 6-week course! These FREE courses were available to all…
All eyes on Solace Women’s Aid as indefinite strike action looms
On 6 February 2025, hundreds of people gathered outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall to oppose proposed cuts to essential services for victims and survivors…
Hundreds rally to save vital domestic abuse support services in Tower Hamlets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : 7 February 2025 HUNDREDS RALLY TO SAVE VITAL DOMESTIC ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES IN TOWER HAMLETS Hundreds of people gathered outside…
Domestic abuse workers call rally on 6 February outside Tower Hamlets’ Town Hall to save service threatened by cuts
Workers in Solace Women’s Aid’s Tower Hamlets Solace Advocacy and Support Service (SASS) team, who are members of UVW, are calling for the community…
Female union official assaulted three times on the picket line at Harrods suffers whiplash and fracture
Several security guards attempted to conceal their SIA badges and SIA numbers after assaulting a female union official, in an attempt to avoid being…
Strike action at the Natural History and Science Museums suspended pending talks
Striking security guards at the Natural History Museum and Science Museum, have suspended planned strikes to allow for talks at ACAS with their employer…
V&A Museum security guards join the fight for fair pay!
“We’ve been let down by Wilson James and we’ve been let down by the V&A. We work in the same building, for the same…