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UVW women lead from the front
“You brought us back to the essence of why we, especially women, need to join a trade union.” Denise Savage This week trade union…
Company forced to pay cleaner contracted holiday leave
“You never know when you are going to need the support of your union, but one thing is clear, there’s always a first time.”…
“The only option is to fight for your rights” Amazon warehouse cleaners fight cuts to their paid break
” As an ordinary person, I have the right to defend myself against their abuses. I feel that everything is for the convenience of…
I ate a tuna sandwich and I was sacked. But I took direct action and it worked
Gabriela, a single mother from Ecuador and UVW member, cleaned the offices of Devonshires Solicitors for two years with an impeccable record, until she…
Community, advice on labour rights and local services, and fun at Voces Hispanas’ monthly meeting
“These sessions with fellow workers and union advisors are very important. I learned so much about so many issues – about working rights and…
Celebrating 10 years of class struggle!
United Voices of the World (UVW) celebrated it’s 10th anniversary on the evening of Saturday 27 January, with a trademark party. Over 250 members…
UVW migrant seasonal worker could be a victim of human trafficking and modern slavery, Home Office finds in preliminary decision
The Home Office has decided that there are reasonable grounds (RG) to believe Julia Quecano Casimiro, a seasonal fruit picker recruited in Latin America…
Harrods’ hospitality workers ready to strike for third time if 2024 pay promise not kept
Following two UVW victorious disputes for workers’ tips in 2017 and a huge 25 percent wage increase in December 2021, Harrods’s hospitality workers are…
“They don’t treat us cleaners like human beings, they treat us like rats”: Cleaners at the Department of Education poised to strike for a living wage
Exhausted cleaners, struggling to pay for the basics, working at the Department for Education (DfE)’s Sanctuary Buildings are asking to be paid a living…
20 new UVW reps certified after course
“The reason I decided to do the rep training is because I lost my job and UVW represented me very well and now I…
A Xmas bonus: UVW cleaner members force exclusive Hurlingham Club to sack bullying manager and give them a pay rise!
“We are very happy to have received a pay rise and our first Xmas bonus, as well as relieved for having got rid of…
“I want to be free from so much oppression” – UVW women meet to talk about violence
“I want to be free from so much oppression” These were the words of one of the participants at the United Voices of the…
All I want for Christmas is a feminist world!
I’ve become a father for the first time. I was also lucky to be working for UVW when my daughter was born and to…
Brainstorming ideas for a UVW 10 year anniversary banner!
Jimena Pardo said “United Voices of the World has given our community group a space to make and create so it is only right…
Let’s live in a better world by Maria Tito, UVW member
Greetings to all members of the United Voices of the World union (UVW) I have been a member of UVW for about 6 years.…
No English, no union, no fear: Julia’s story
Long read This July, 23-year-old Julia Quecaño Casimiro travelled over 7,000 miles from Chile to the UK to work as a seasonal fruit picker.…
UVW member cleaners force LSE to backdate their ‘stolen’ holiday pay
“This victory should tell them that this time they won’t get away with it, they have to pay our (owed) holiday pay and we…
UVW union launches legal action against UK fruit farm over exploitation of seasonal Latin American workers
In November United Voices of the World (UVW) launched tribunal proceedings after a group of migrant seasonal workers from Latin America contacted the union…
Organise your UVW workplace or sector!
This month a diverse group of UVW members who work across different workplaces got together. They discussed community building and strategies on how to…
UVW beats outsourcing again
Cleaners and concierge workers at West End Quays luxury apartments,in London, will be brought in-house following successful summer 2023 strikes, which won them a…
Victory on appeal: LSE forced to back down and reinstate sacked UVW strike leader
“We must not remain silent, nor accept any kind of abuse or injustice, but take the route of action because together – with the…
“A transformative experience”: Disciplinary against exemplary outsourced Chanel cleaner quashed
“This has been a transformative experience. I now feel very powerful… I feel different. I see my bosses just like anyone else.” Hiywot Feyssa…