Harrods’ hospitality workers ready to strike for third time if 2024 pay promise not kept
Following two UVW victorious disputes for workers’ tips in 2017 and a huge 25 percent wage increase in December 2021, Harrods’s hospitality workers are…
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“They don’t treat us cleaners like human beings, they treat us like rats”: Cleaners at the Department of Education poised to strike for a living wage
Exhausted cleaners, struggling to pay for the basics, working at the Department for Education (DfE)’s Sanctuary Buildings are asking to be paid a living…
20 new UVW reps certified after course
“The reason I decided to do the rep training is because I lost my job and UVW represented me very well and now I…
A Xmas bonus: UVW cleaner members force exclusive Hurlingham Club to sack bullying manager and give them a pay rise!
“We are very happy to have received a pay rise and our first Xmas bonus, as well as relieved for having got rid of…
“I want to be free from so much oppression” – UVW women meet to talk about violence
“I want to be free from so much oppression” These were the words of one of the participants at the United Voices of the…
All I want for Christmas is a feminist world!
I’ve become a father for the first time. I was also lucky to be working for UVW when my daughter was born and to…
Brainstorming ideas for a UVW 10 year anniversary banner!
Jimena Pardo said “United Voices of the World has given our community group a space to make and create so it is only right…
Let’s live in a better world by Maria Tito, UVW member
Greetings to all members of the United Voices of the World union (UVW) I have been a member of UVW for about 6 years.…
No English, no union, no fear: Julia’s story
Long read This July, 23-year-old Julia Quecaño Casimiro travelled over 7,000 miles from Chile to the UK to work as a seasonal fruit picker.…
UVW member cleaners force LSE to backdate their ‘stolen’ holiday pay
“This victory should tell them that this time they won’t get away with it, they have to pay our (owed) holiday pay and we…
UVW union launches legal action against UK fruit farm over exploitation of seasonal Latin American workers
In November United Voices of the World (UVW) launched tribunal proceedings after a group of migrant seasonal workers from Latin America contacted the union…
Organise your UVW workplace or sector!
This month a diverse group of UVW members who work across different workplaces got together. They discussed community building and strategies on how to…