Migrant cleaners at Mercedes-Benz luxury car showroom win 19.5% pay rise
“We were not asking for anything extraordinary, we were asking for a very reasonable increase, affordable and fair.” José, cleaner and UVW member. Migrant…
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The new national minimum wage of £10.42 per hour is still not enough!
The national minimum wage has gone up to £10.42 per hour since April 1 2023, but it’s still not enough! £10.42 is the absolute…
Numeracy workshop report: 100% success!
“The workshop was very helpful. The teacher really took us into numeracy and I brushed up my knowledge. I am looking for more!” UVW…
Paris in springtime
“If we don’t change things today, they will never change” A report on the explosive and historic mass mobilisation in France by UVW Executive…
GOSH cleaners make headlines in historic “institutional racism” court case
After a momentous ten-day tribunal hearing in early March, the brave cleaners and UVW members at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), suing their employer…
Join the strike wave at the UVW Striker’s Assembly in April
United Voices of the World (UVW) union is inviting members and supporters to participate in a Striker’s Assembly on Saturday 15 April. UVW is…
UVW holds largest-ever AGM to celebrate year of strikes
In a beautiful display of Britain’s working class, some 200 migrant, precarious, Black and brown members came together for the United Voices of the…
Covid-19 public inquiry begins: UVW’s frontline migrant health workers will be heard!
After a successful appeal, UVW members will now give a first-hand account at the government’s public Covid-19 Inquiry of how they faced as low-wage,…
Veteran cleaner and strike leader fights trade union victimisation at London School of Economics
“This constant picking on me seemed to intensify after our successful strike against outsourcing. I suspect this repetitive singling out has to do far…
GOSH cleaners confront hospital in groundbreaking court case over ‘institutional racism’
“Although I am very nervous, I am standing up for my rights because we’ve been cheated for a very long time and this has…
Free numeracy courses for UVW members
UVW is launching a project to develop numeracy skills for migrant, low-paid and precarious workers. In collaboration with City Lit Europe’s largest centre for…
Free legal representation deal for UVW members in 2023
United Voices of the World union (UVW) and the Free Representation Unit (FRU) have renewed their agreement to offer free legal representation to UVW…