UVW balloted architects at Atomik Studio, marking one of the first steps towards industrial action in the UK architecture sector.
Victory (2022)
Cleaners at Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea are demanding a living wage, an occupational sick pay scheme and trade union recognition.
Victory (2022)
The cleaners at Riverside Quarter, a large luxury residence in Wandsworth, London, are demanding a dignified pay rate and better terms and conditions.
Bar staff at St James Tavern in Brighton are demanding better pay and conditions, job security and respect at work. They are on low-wage, irregular contracts and have no full pay sick pay.
Victory (2021)
Restaurant workers at Harrods, London’s emblematic luxury department store, have won a huge pay rise of almost 25% for hundreds of waiting and kitchen staff. The win is one of the most significant in the history of hospitality in the UK and establishes a new benchmark for pay in the sector.
Security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) are denied the same annual leave, sick leave, and career progression as other NHS workers.
Staff at Solace Women’s Aid came together to file a collective complaint about institutional racism, leading to the CEO’s departure.
Victory (2021)
Having already won a string of concessions, such as NHS pay, sick pay, pensions last year in an historic fight to end outsourcing, workers then found out that GOSH had failed to give them full NHS parity. The workers voted to take strike action and NHS bosses conceded to their demands for full NHS workers’ rights.
Los/as limpiadoras/os subcontratadas de la escuela católica de niñas “La Retraite embarcaron en lo que iba a ser la huelga de limpiadoras escolares más larga en la historia del Reino Unido, pero en poco tiempo ganaron todas sus demandas, consiguiendo la paga completa por enfermedad y mucho más.
Victory (2021)
UVW members, care, domestic and maintenance workers at Sage Nursing home in North London declared a huge victory after a protracted dispute over poverty pay and decent working conditions. Winning the London Living Wage, resulting in a minimum pay rise of 11% for some workers and all other staff a rise of 5%.
Victory (2020)
Cleaners at La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School won full pay sick pay, a 24% wage increase, improvements to health and safety and much more in what was set to be the longest school cleaners strike in UK history!
Victory (2020)
Hundreds of BAME and migrant cleaners at this world-renowned children's hospital fought back against racial discrimination and an end to outsourcing... And won! GOSH agreed to the workers' demands in December 2020!
