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UPDATE: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and furlough status
There’s been an update as of today on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. We have pulled out the relevant information for our members as…
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Stands in Solidarity With Percy
Dear Nigel and Christopher, The IWGB Trade Union is appalled to hear of the unfair dismissal by King’s College of one of your cleaners,…
UVW’s response to new eviction legislation
Yesterday, the government was forced to offer proper temporary protection from eviction. Previously they only extended the notice period from 2 to 3 months…
Government announces Self-Employed Income Support Scheme
The government has announced a new scheme that will pay self-employed people a taxable grant worth 80% of average monthly income, capped at £2,500pm.…
UVW call to employers to stop sacking or to rehire any sacked workers now
UVW is calling on all employers which have sacked, or were thinking of sacking their workers because of Coronavirus to immediately rehire them, or…
Response to the government’s commitment to workers’ wages
The government’s bid to save jobs by offering employers grants equivalent to 80% of their workers’ wages up to £2,500 per month for up…
UCU Solidarity Statement
United Voices of the World (UVW) stands shoulder to shoulder with the brave UCU comrades on strike across the country. UVW believes that all…
Response to SGUL Student Union
Dear St George’s Student Union, We are dismayed with your recent statement in respect of the ongoing security guard’s strike at St George’s university…
UVW stands in solidarity with the RMT
United Voices of the World (UVW) stands in solidarity with Tube Union RMT members across the London Underground. It is outrageous that the Mayor…
3 lessons learnt from migrants leading the NHS privatisation fight back
Left Foot Forward
Solidarity letter: UVW striking security guards
On Friday, January 24th 2020, UVW asked union branches, CLPs and community organisations for group and individual signatories to a solidarity letter for striking…
The upstart unions taking on the gig economy and outsourcing
Financial Times
Outsourced workers win a 23% pay rise as dispute with the University of Greenwich comes to an end
Outsourced workers at the University of Greenwich, including café workers, cleaners and security guards, celebrated today an announcement of a pay rise to the…
A statement of solidarity with the RMT, TSSA, ASLEF and Unite: Defend the right to strike!
Solidarity With Transport Workers: Defend The Right to Strike! United Voices of the World (UVW) condemns attempts by this Conservative government to further curtail…
Hospital cleaners, caterers and porters declare indefinite strike action in what will be one of the longest strikes in the NHS’ history
Members of the trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) will begin indefinite strike action in January 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital, West…
