Department for Education security guards to join mass strike on 21 December
“We all saw how the cleaners and caterers were treated, and how UVW stood up for them. They were able to win their demands,…
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UVW’s record-breaking 2024: A year of solidarity and growth
As 2024 ends, United Voices of the World (UVW) looks back on a year of remarkable achievements in worker-led action, creativity and union building.…
Hundreds of Harrods workers to strike over pre-Christmas weekend and Boxing Day as store refuses talks
“As one of the world’s leading luxury department stores, Harrods should be setting the standard for retail and hospitality workers. Instead, we are earning…
Art for the picket line at UVW’s Workshop
“It felt very good not just to learn something new but to contribute something visual to the fight.” UVW member and participant United Voices…
She asked for a chair three years ago… and she’s still waiting. A disabled Science Museum guard sues her employer for discrimination
“I’m really happy we all joined the union and are fighting for our rights. My fight through the courts and our strike at the…
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…
“We want to have a voice”: Battersea Power Station migrant cleaners demand fair wages and union recognition
“We are getting organised with our union, so we can negotiate collectively for fair treatment and respect. We want to have a voice, and…
“We call Scrooge”! Hundreds of Harrods workers preparing to strike over Xmas bonus and more!
“There’s a real sense that everyone’s fed up and has had enough, and we’re ready to push for more. It feels like they throw…
Now, that’s what you call a picket! Over 300 join striking museum security guards
“I’m here at the picket line because my colleagues and UVW had no choice. We’ve felt ignored and undermined for so long, we had…
UVW threatens landmark private prosecution over use of strike breakers
UVW has instructed the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) to serve notice on Wilson James, the security contractor at the Science and Natural History…
Check if you are earning the Living Wage. New rates have been announced!
The ‘Real’ Living Wage and the Minimum Wage: Two inadequate rates The “Real” Living Wage has increased again in October 2024, with new rates…
Security guards at the Natural History and Science museums vote overwhelmingly to strike!
“We’re going through all this pain but we don’t show it. Yet the Museum looks at us as second-class citizens; directly employed staff get…