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…
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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 a…
Guardian praises UVW
Article in the Guardian today discussing the current state of the union movement and suggesting the likes of the “ambitiously named” United Voices of…
We want to make our voices heard!
On Saturday we had an amazing public speaking workshop for UVW women and non-binary people – it was our second one in 2018. In…
First Victory of the Year! Strike Cancelled!
BREAKING NEWS – SENSATIONAL VICTORY – STRIKE CANCELLED TONIGHT CLEANERS AT LEE HECHT HARRISON (LHH) WILL NOW BE PAID THE LONDON LIVING WAGE!!!! Our…
Updates from our monthly meeting
Fantastic monthly meeting on Saturday at which Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL) delivered a brilliant workshop on basic housing rights. UVW hopes to…
Breaking news: Victory is here!
The dispute came to an end – this is the agreed statement: “Following productive and positive consultations between UVW and Templewood today, 2nd November…
BREAKING: Victory under way!
Surprise Halloween Ferrari flashmob secures reinsatement of Freddy and Angelica to HR Owen’s Ferrari and Maserati showrooms! Protest cancelled today, but the fight continues.…
Guardian reports on our surprise protest at HR Owen
Guardian coverage of our surprise flashmob of Ferrari’s showrooms today from where our members, Freddy and Angelica, have just been banned after having refused…
Breaking: HR Owen dispute
BREAKING NEWS: Freddy and Angelica, who have been suspended for the last month from cleaning the Ferrari and Maserati showrooms run by the world’s…
Emma Dent Coad MP supports Freddy & Angelica
Emma Dent Coad MP for the borough of Kensinton where HR Owen’s Ferrari and Maserati showrooms are located – has just written to HR…
Read about the Ferrari 2 in the Guardian
Guardian coverage of the cleaners inspirational fight for the living wage at HR Owen’s Ferrari and Maserati dealerships and their disgraceful and unlawful suspensions…
Great Protest at H R Owen
United Voices of the World (UVW) trade union protested against Kensington luxury car dealers HR Owen and demanded they reinstate their two cleaners suspended…
CLEANERS TO STRIKE FOR A LIVING WAGE AT FERRARI
Say hello to Freddy and Angelica, the inspiring husband and wife duo from Ecuador who, for the last 5 years, have been cleaning and…
VICTORY! ALBA IS REINSTATED
UVW wins the final part of its 10 month dispute against Noonan and the LSE by winning a groundbreaking, precedent setting tribunal hearing today…
LSE CLEANERS’ STRIKE UPDATE:
Following a vote of UVW members at the LSE this morning a decision has been made to suspend the strike action due to take…
LSE CLEANERS TO STRIKE FOR 72 HOURS DURING STUDENTS GRADUATION
After the LSE cleaners recent historic victory which resulted in them being brought in-house after 7 days of strike action and the largest cleaners…
United Voices of the Whole World! New members from 38 countries in 2017!
UVW is very happy to announce that in 2017 alone we have received new members from 38 different countries around the world (list below).…
VICTORY TO LSE CLEANERS!
UVW is proud to announce that the LSE cleaners will be BROUGHT IN-HOUSE and become employees of the LSE from Spring 2018! This will…
UVW Support Sacked Ritzy Reps
On 15th June UVW members joined, in solidarity, with the fantastic Ritzy workers who were out in force demanding the reinstatement of the Ritzy…
Solidarity at UCU’s national conference with the LSE cleaners
Thank you to those UCU delegates from around the country at UCU’s national conference on Saturday 27th May in Brighton for getting together to…
Owen Jones pulls out of LSE event, in support of Cleaners
Owen Jones has canceled an event at the London School of Economics (LSE) in order not to cross the Cleaners’ picket. He says, in…
BREAKING: Cleaners at the LSE vote to strike every single week indefinitely until victory!
Cleaners at the LSE have today voted to take further strike action following the LSE’s failure to concede their claim for parity of terms…
UVW secures the removal of Noonan’s cleaner account director at the LSE University following his inaction in the face of homophobic harassment!
You may remember the case of a member of UVW, Sam (pseudonym), who works as a cleaner at the LSE University. He was subjected…
UVW goes to employment tribunal to defend the Topshop Two
Remember the Topshop Two? They are Susana and Carolina – single mums from Ecuador – who used to clean tax dodging, poverty wage paying,…