UVW sets its sights on the Amba Hotel in Marble Arch
Our trade union members who work as room attendants at the 4-star hotel group Amba Hotels are paid poverty wages, are callously overworked and…
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UVW secures the reinstatement of sacked shop steward at St George’s University
After a gruelling six month battle with management we have secured the re-instatement of Maria Fernanda, UVW’s shop steward at St George’s University, who…
UVW secures London Living Wage for cleaners at Barbican Centre
It has just been confirmed that the cleaners at the Barbican Centre, who are members of UVW, will be paid the current Living Wage…
UVW members participated in United Migrant Workers Education Project
United Migrant Workers Education Project is a non-profit organisation under the umbrella and sponsorship of Unite the Union, which promotes Equality and Diversity by…
UVW support Hotel Workers in protest at the Melia Hotel
Today UVW members joined forces with the Hotel Workers Branch of Unite the Union at the Melia Hotel in the Strand, London where the…
UVW’s final meeting of 2015
Here is a picture of UVW’s final meeting of a very successful 2015, and getting ready to kick ass in 2016!
UVW poised to take on Topshop over the Living Wage
UVW is planning a big Living Wage campaign for our members at poverty-paying, tax avoiding Tophop. It will be one of the first of…
Workers Solidarity Fiesta. A few pics of a great party!
We had a fantastic joint workers solidarity fiesta with Hotel Workers Branch on Saturday attended by over 250 people. There was food from all…
Great Article about New Trade Unionism and UVW
In his article “Wobbling to Victory” in Union Solidarity International Dek Keenan asks: Are militant unions anarchist wreckers or the future of the labour movement?…
Hamlet-Themed flash mob in Barbican Centre
UVW, Boycott Workfare plus dozens of other trade unionists and activists including Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, joined together to protest at…
St Georges hospital campaign
Following the campaign launch on 3rd October 2015 of the St Georges Campaign, we have met with and secured confirmation from St George’s University…
Fantastic Barbican Protest
What a fantastic protest at the Barbican Centre last night calling for a real living wage, proper sick pay, and an end to Workfare.…
Protest at thieving estate agent
Carlos, a low paid cleaner in London and member of United Voices of the World, handed over £6,500 (his life savings plus some) for…
UVW wins London Living Wage at Withers Law Firm
We are very happy to announce that following our successful London Living Wage (LLW) campaign at Withers Law Firm in June 2015, all the…
Jeremy Corbyn supports Sotheby’s 2 campaign
Jeremy Corbyn demanding the reinstatement of the Sotheby’s 2, who were sacked for merely being members of a trade union. He said he had…
UVW speaks at Right to Remain Conference
UVW spoke at the annual national Right to Remain conference at the panel on social justice struggles. It was great to link up with…
Victory at Pizza Express
UVW union and Fast Food Workers campaign supporting and celebrating today Unite Hotel Workers branch victory in getting Pizza Express to confirm they will…
BREAKING NEWS: 2 of the Sotheby’s 4 have been reinstated!
However, Sotheby’s and Servest are continuing to victimise Percy and Barbara, UVW shop-stewards (the ones in the video), on the malicious grounds that they…
Support the campaign to reinstate the “Sotheby’s 4”
Thank you all for the amazing support we got in the Sotheby's campaign. Now, in the fight for the reinstatement of the Sotheby's 4 we need your solidarity even more. Here are some ways in which you could get involved in the campaign.
Sotheby’s official letter to suspend workers after protesting
Sotheby's contractor Servest has just written to the cleaners who participated in the peaceful, lawful protest for sick pay on Wed 1st July. Here the "official" reason for banning them from site (aka sacking them) after protesting.
Sotheby’s Cleaners and Porters banned (aka sacked) after protesting
All the courageous cleaners and porters that took part in the protest yesterday demanding sick pay and end to trade union victimisation have been sacked by Sotheby's auction house and their contractor Servest.We will not let them get away with this. Protesting is a right, not a crime! The campaign has only just began. Watch this space for further actions.
Recording: Sotheby’s cleaners intimidated to prevent them from protesting
Listen to this recording of the shameless cleaning contract Servest trying to intimidate the cleaners and porters at Sotheby's. Here's the transcript:
Art F City writes about UVW protest at Sotheby's
Art F City is an online magazine, which creates and archives critical discourse, and commissions ambitious artist projects. Through a daily mix of blunt criticism, commentary and community-minded journalism, we add an unparalleled dosage of purposeful opinion to the contemporary art community.They wrote a great article about the Sotheby's campaign urging their readers to come to our protest next Wednesday. Here is what they wrote about us.
Campaign launch at Debenhams
BREAKING NEWS: UVW have written to Debenhams, the multinational retailer, to demand the London Living Wage for our trade union members at the Flagship store in Oxford Street.
Marching against Austerity
As the new government gets set to push through ever harsher austerity policies, we need to be united in our response. Enough is enough. 250,000 people marched agains austerity on Saturday. We were part of it.
Protest Cancelled due to Victory!
VICTORY! VICTORY! VICTORY! Protest this Friday at Withers is cancelled. UVW have won again!
Painting of UVW Protest
Check out this absolutely amazing painting of one of UVW's protests at the Brabican Centre where we were fighting for the Living Wage, sick pay and an end to union busting
Victory In Court
We successfully settled two Employment Tribunal claims for unfair dismissal and trade union victimisation in the last two days against two very big cleaning…
UVW Successfully Fights Wage Theft
On the 1st June 2015 UVW once again successfully reclaimed over 2 months worth of wages which were unlawfully deducted from our trade union…
Report from UVW’s Meeting
What a fantastic, inspiring and extremely well attended union meeting yesterday, despite being a sunny, Saturday afternoon. Big thank you to Sandy Nicholl, SOAS…