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29.01.2025 / News /

UVW stands in solidarity with courageous fruit pickers fighting for justice

UVW was proud to stand in solidarity with our courageous members Juli, Aida, and their fellow fruit pickers outside the Home Office on January 24, alongside the Land Workers’ Alliance (LWA), the Solidarity Across Land Trades union (SALT), and other organisations to demand justice for seasonal workers from Latin America.

The workers were lured to the UK with false promises, only to face harassment, discrimination and abuse. The conditions were so appalling that they took the historic step of organising the first-ever strike of UK seasonal workers.

In a significant interim decision, the Home Office’s National Referral Mechanism has found reasonable grounds to believe that these brave workers are victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.

Now, UVW is taking the fight further—suing fruit farm giant Haygrove in a groundbreaking legal claim to hold them accountable and win justice for these workers.

Their fight is our fight.

With the LAW and SALT we call for;


• An end to forced labour and exploitation in UK farms.
• Full accountability for those responsible.
• Fair wages, safe working conditions and respect for all workers.
• Residency rights for the victims of exploitation and trafficking
• Access to justice and remediation

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