Barbican Occupation in the Press
The newspaper the Islington Tribune reports on our, supported by PWB and OSEA, recent occupation/protest at the Barbican. A spokesman from the Corporation of…
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MITIE accused of not paying the minimum wage
Surprise, surprise! MITIE has been accused of not even paying the minimum wage to its workers. Meanwhile, the CEO of MITIE earns over £1.5…
We are all Albeiro
This morning we are representing our trade union member, President of UVW, and employee of MITIE at the Barbican Centre. He has been accused…
MITIE accuses cleaner of playing into the hands of terrorists
MITIE stoops to a new, despicable low. Our trade union member, and President of UVW, who has been active in protests and strike action…
Waging a Living in London’ screening + discussion on solidarity between cultural workers & cleaners
In the last years we have seen interns, cultural workers and cleaners campaign against the precarious conditions they respectively experience in the cultural sector. Campaigns…
BREAKING NEWS: UVW Wins London Living Wage again!
Our trade union members who work for MITIE at Prudential recently submitted a collective grievance against excessive workloads, discrimination and abuse. We also submitted…
Victory: We Have Won All Our Demands at Sotheby’s!
We have officially resolved our collective dispute with CCML, the cleaning contractor at Sotheby’s and there will be no protest tomorrow. We have…
Report From Yesterday’s Barbican Protest
The cleaners at the Barbican Centre, who are members of the trade union United Voices of the World, recently submitted a collective demand for…
Upcoming campaign at M&S
Our trade union members at Marks and Spencer (‘M&S’) – the multinational retailer which recorded over £500 million in profits in 2014 – have…