We got a new office!
UVW is very pleased to announce that this week we will be moving into the 8th floor of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre. …
News
Cleaners Wildcat Strike underway!
Another WILDCAT STRIKE is currently underway. A group of migrant cleaners in central London have walked off the job today on a wildcat strike…
LSE campaign launch – We are not the dirt we clean!
WE ARE NOT THE DIRT WE CLEAN is the message being sent loud and clear today from the cleaners at the prestigious London School…
Fantastic Protest at 100 Wood Street FOR a living wage & AGAINST job cuts.
Great demo last night at 100 Wood Street and CBRE’s offices at St Paul’s demanding the living wage and the reinstatement of the unlawfully…
Day 7 of an indefinite Strike
Day 7 of the all out strike at 100 Wood Street. Hundreds of leaflets handed out today, as in previous days, and the tenants of…
The courageous striker
Meet Kelly, one of the courageous cleaners on her first and all out strike at 100 Wood Street where she’s demanding a living age…
UVW’s national Day of action at Topshop in 17 cities across the UK
The Huffington Post writes about UVW’s national day of action: Protests will take place Saturday at 17 locations across the UK and Ireland against…
Carolina, one of the “Topshop Two”, has been sacked
BREAKING NEWS: Carolina (see picture), one of the “Topshop Two”, who is a single mother from Ecuador, has just been SACKED by Topshop’s union…
A UVW Saturday
First part of the day: Around 50 of us met for our mothly meeting in the Common House where we had a great workshop…
UVW Flashmob in the Barbican Centre
UVW members and supporters occupied the Barbican Centre on 7th May as hundreds of visitors waited to enter the sold out concert of Yann…
UVW closes down two Topshop stores, occupies John Lewis
On Sat 16th April in UVW managed to close two Topshop stores and John Lewis, for the second time in a month demading a…
Susana (one of the ‘Topshop 2’) disciplined for supporting a campaign
Susana, one of the ‘Topshop 2’, has ben further disciplined for supporting the SOAS Justice for Cleaners campaign. As you know Susana has already…
Protest to Reinstate the “Topshop 2” and demand the Living Wage
Following the launch of our living wage campaign at Topshop in February 2016, the cleaners have been systematically victimised, bullied and threatened by the…
We have just secured the reinstatement of yet another member
VICTORY: We are very pleased to announce that we have just secured the reinstatement of yet another one of our trade union members who…
UVW Meeting yesterday
Yesterday was our monthly meeting which members come together to discuss and vote on union matters and plan future protests against miserly, racist and…
Topshop protest to demand the living wage
On 12th March 2016 UVW and other activists, trade unionists and supporters protested at Tosphop’s flagship store in Oxford Street to demand a Living…
Name & Shame Topshop
“Hi everyone – I would really appreciate it if you would take a minute of your time today to tell Topshop what you think…
Protest at Topshop for the Living Wage
Come and join UVW for a mass protest at Topshop flagship store in Oxford Street demanding a Living Wage for all workers, both the…
Breaking News: “LSE 3” Reinstated
The LSE 3, who were sacked last November by the contractor Noonan, have just been reinstated with immediate effect following an amazing campaign co-ordinated…
UVW to hold vigil for cleaner who died due to abuse at work
UVW is to hold a vigil on 12th February 2016 for Fernando Montero, a father, a husband and a member of UVW, wh came…
UVW meet with LSE management
UVW the union and the ‘LSE 3’, accompanied by some fantastic LSE students and staff members met with Allan Blair, Director of Facilties, Chris…
UVW launches Living Wage campaign at Topshop
UVW have called a mass protest at Topshop’s flagship store in Oxford Street to kick the campaign off demanding a Living Wage for all…
LSE management agree to meet the LSE 3
Thank you to everyone for your support for the ‘LSE 3’. The reposne has been incredible. As a result, the Director of Facilites, Allan…
UVW continues campaign to reinstate the LSE 3
Three cleaners at the LSE University, who are members of UVW, have been sacked after 20 years service between them merely for having gone…
News of the LSE 3 spreads fast
News of the LSE 3 is spreading fast. Signs of support are popping up everywhere. This one in Elephant and Castle.
Police take no further action against UVW members
In September 2015 three UVW members were arrested on trumped up charges at a peaceful protest UVW had organised at the thieving estate agent…
UVW makes history at Sotheby’s auction house
It is confirmed that as a result of UVW’s campaign at Sotheby’s all outsourced workers there, including cleaners, security guards and caterers, will receive…
UVW invited to talk at Queen Mary’s University
UVW is very pleased to have ben invited to talk in the event at Queen Mary’s University called “Material Matters: Permanently Temporary”. Further information:…
UVW appeals dismissals of a group of cleaners at the LSE University
We are currently appealing the dismissals of a group of cleaners at the LSE University, who are outsourced to the cleaning contractor Noonan and…
UVW continues campaign to bring cleaners at St George’s in house
Last year, UVW launched a campaign at St George’s University demanding the cleaners be brought in-house. A decision is now expected to be made…