Security guards at St. George’s University plan to strike until brought in-house
UVW members working as security guards at St. George’s University — a medical school in Tooting, South London and constituent college of the University…
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Chanel cleaners win the London Living Wage the day before a big protest!
A major victory for UVW members was confirmed last night, just as plans were being finalised for a noisy and smelly protest this afternoon…
UVW annual statement to members for 2017
Statement to members issued in connection with the union’s annual return for period ended 31.12.2017 as required by Section 32A of Trade Union and…
Interview with Debra, from UVW’s Legal Sector Workers United
Debra is a migrant legal professional whose immigration status has been in flux for the past decade. She studied in France and Illinois/Virginia, USA,…
Strippers unionise with UVW to fight covert filming in legal clubs
UVW members, including a growing number of strippers, are appalled by the latest tactic of the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) in their misguided campaign…
Radical idea gets legal approval
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You’re invited to UVW’s 5th Birthday Party!
United Voices of the World, the trade union that never stops winning, invites you to celebrate its fifth birthday with an evening of wicked…
Kelly Rogers, UVW member, wins Picturehouse tribunal!
The former Ritzy worker was ruled to have been unfairly dismissed, with Picturehouse breaching her trade union rights and also her human right to…
Event: Employment law training on Sat. 16th March
We are pleased to invite UVW reps and members to employment law training on Saturday 16th of March, facilitated by two excellent barristers who…
Former Topshop cleaner Susana wins bumper payout
Tribunal rejects Britannia’s central claims and awards up to £75k for unfair dismissal Susana Benavides has been a full-time UVW organiser ever since being…
Demo/Strike: #CleanUpOutsourcing on the 26th
Join the UVW, IWGB, PCS and RMT unions on a day of coordinated protest and strike action Another historic day of united resistance against…
Event: Automation, Changing Work, and New Ways of Struggle
Hosted by Conference of Socialist Economists and the Contemporary Philosophy of Technology Research Group, Birmingham Speakers: Phoebe Moore (Leicester Uni), Petros Elia (UVW), Susana…
UVW is hiring: Employment Law Caseworker
We are pleased to announce a vacancy in our Waterloo office, for between 3-5 days a week. We seek an Employment Law Caseworker for…
MoJ campaign: Strike plan for this Tuesday
What was originally a handful of migrant cleaners demanding a Living Wage at the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) London HQ is now a full-blown…
UVW stands in Solidarity with the Stansted 15
We at UVW are deeply shocked and concerned to hear about today’s guilty verdict of the “Stansted 15”, who bravely stopped a secretive charter…
MoJ campaign: Security guards & receptionists vote 100% to strike with their fellow cleaners!
UVW’s strike ballot results for the security guards and receptionists at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are in! There was a 100% turnout with…
Recycling plant workers: Another Victory in court!
Interim relief granted to UVW’s unlawfully sacked east London recycling plant health and safety reps from Peru who led a 3 week strike over…
Top Shop 2: Victory!
Philip Green’s cleaning contractor at Topshop, Britannia Services Group, has admitted today in open court to having sacked UVW members Carolina and Susana (The…
UVW has moved!
After a few years at the Elephant & Castle, we will be crossing the river again and, from today – Tuesday 11 September, will…
The Topshop two fight in the courts!
Today is the start of the long awaited 10 day employment tribunal hearing of the Topshop Two! In 2016 UVW members Susana and Carolina,…
VICTORY at Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall!!!!
ONE DOWN TWO TO GO: UVW members at The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall win the London Living Wage (LLW) after…
Video explaining what UVW is all about
Watch this video in which two people from UVW explain what UVW’s grass roots unionism is all about
Press coverage on the strikes so far
Metro (8.8.18) Cleaners at the Ministry of Justice go on strike for the London living wage Channel (7.8.18) : Government cleaners work 80-hour weeks to…
Unprecedented 3 coordinated migrant worker strikes! (updated)
Cleaners organised in the United Voices of the World (UVW) trade union are walking out over pay and unfair working conditions at three of…
Kensington & Chelsea cleaners demand Living Wage
BY LUCAS CUMISKEY @lucas_cumiskey (swlondoner.co.uk) Cleaning staff are threatening to strike for the London Living Wage and believe their campaign could have a domino…
UVW ¡presente! at union congress in Parma, Italy
United Voices of the World was proud to be invited to Italy last week to observe the founding Congress of the International Confederation of…
UVW IS LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME!
UVW needs a new home by 23rd June 2018. Does anyone know a place and/or want to share theirs or a new space with…
Jamaican LSE heroines visiting Brazil
Beverley and Mildred, Jamaican grandmothers and leading organisers of our epic LSE campaign, have travelled to Rio de Janeiro this weekend to share their…
Wildcat Strike of Recycling Workers
United Voices union members at the Orion recycling plant in east London walked off the job this morning in a historic and inspiring wildcat…
VICTORY FOR CLEANERS AT THE DAILY MAIL! STRIKE CANCELLED!
A group of migrant cleaners – who are members of the trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) – have just won…