Brighton bar staff launch two days of strike action for better pay and conditions
Brighton bar staff launch two days of strike action for better pay and conditions Bar staff at Saint James Tavern (SJT) in central…
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Sex workers union launches appeal to fund legal fight against strip club bans
United Sex Workers (USW) is appealing for funds to cover legal proceedings challenging Edinburgh’s recent strip club ban. Similar bans are being considered by…
Cleaners and security guards union to demonstrate against government’s culture of disrespect against low-paid workers
UVW represents outsourced cleaners at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) who are still fighting for full pay sick pay and the London Living Wage.…
Brighton bar staff unanimously vote to strike for better pay and conditions, job security and respect at work
Bar staff at St James’ Tavern (SJT) in central Brighton, who are United Voices of the World (UVW) members, have voted to take strike…
Care home strike leader wins trade union victimisation claim
A strike leader at the Sage Nursing Home (Sage) in north London has won a claim for trade union victimisation at an Employment Tribunal…
Brighton bar staff vote on strike action over pay and conditions, and sue their employer for alleged harassment, sexism and transphobia
Bar staff at St James’ Tavern (SJT) in central Brighton, who are United Voices of the World (UVW) members, are being balloted in May for…
New national minimum wage is a poverty wage, say UVW members
The new national minimum wage of £9.50 per hour for adults, which comes into effect on Friday 1 April, is not enough to live…
“Strippers should have the right to work in the city and venue of their choice”
Strippers in Edinburgh demand the right to work in the city and venue of their choice as the council licensing committee is set to…
Strike averted as Great Ormond Street Hospital agrees to give hundreds of cleaners full NHS contracts
Hundreds of cleaners and United Voices of the World members at Great Ormond Street Hospital, who had been due to take strike action next…
Landmark ruling expected as St George’s security guards take university to tribunal over a claim of racist outsourcing
Security guards at St George’s, University of London are challenging what they claim is racist outsourcing in a hearing at the London (South) Employment…
High Court serves UVW with temporary injunction to suppress striking GOSH workers
The High Court on Thursday 10 February served United Voices of the World (UVW) union with a temporary injunction that bans its Great Ormond…
Colombian migrant sacked by Daily Mail cleaning contractor wins £38,000 in compensation
A Black migrant cleaner unfairly sacked by cleaning contractor Mitie from his job at the Daily Mail offices has been awarded £38,000 in compensation…