Victory (2020)
Cleaners who are mainly from Latin America and work at Ark Globe Academy in South London had their wages stolen and were bribed with PPE in exchange for leaving UVW. But they overcame the odds with direct action to win a stunning victory!
Cleaners at the headquarters of Channel 4 and ITV are forced to come into work when sick because their employer refuses to give them full pay sick pay. But they won’t give up until they win their fight for sick pay and equality and respect in the workplace.
Victory (2019)
With their glitzy flagship store located in the heart of New Bond Street and surrounded by other big name brands, Chanel thought it could get away with paying its cleaners poverty wages and leaving them understaffed and victimising a workplace organiser, but oh how wrong they were!
Victory (2019)
Literally worked to the point of collapse and exhaustion, these outsourced University of Greenwich café workers decided enough was enough and that action was in order. They demanded full pay sick pay and an end to poverty wages and unfair workloads. After taking several days of bold strike and direct action which saw them disrupt a graduation ceremony, they won!
Victory (2019)
They may be entrusted with the upkeep of the Queen’s parks and iconic London landmarks, but the way these workers have been treated by French contractor VINCI Facilities is less than royal. So they went on strike!
Outsourced onto levels of pay and terms and conditions which fall far below those enjoyed by their largely white and in-housed colleagues, these security guards at St. George’s, University of London, are refusing to take racial discrimination lying down.
Paid poverty wages, given gruelling workloads, denied full pay sick pay, and abandoned and ignored in the middle of a deadly pandemic, these cleaners have refused to be beaten. They are fighting to be made direct employees of the Ministry of Justice.
Victory (2019)
In a historic and groundbreaking victory, 200 cleaners, caterers, and porters, all BAME and migrant workers and outsourced to French multinational Sodexo, took on Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and demanded to be made direct employees of the NHS and won!
UVW supported Percy through a determined campaign at KCL after he was unfairly dismissed for refusing to attend a face-to-face disciplinary meeting during lockdown. The college refused to offer a remote alternative, putting health at risk. The union stood by him to demand fair treatment and accountability.
UVW balloted HCA hospital cleaners across London and won a major pay rise without the need for strike action.
Victory (2018)
In 2018, cleaners at Kensington and Chelsea Council, the UK’s wealthiest local authority, went on strike to demand the London Living Wage, full pay sick pay and an end to their poverty wages of £7.83. Through strike action, storming a council meeting, and forcing management to negotiate on the picket line, they soon won!
Victory (2018)
This group of Peruvian workers at an Orion Recycling facility in East London were underpaid, mistreated, and had their health put in danger by a negligent and callous manager. Denied full pay sick pay and deprived of on-site showers and basic necessities, these workers finally decided enough was enough and took matters into their own hands.
