Security guards at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital announce six-week strike
Security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) are renewing strike action and are set to walk out for six weeks in their ongoing…
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Harrods workers cancel Xmas strike after winning 25% pay rise
Christmas strike averted at luxury department store with hundreds of restaurant workers declaring victory in pay dispute after accepting pay rises of almost a third. Harrods’ offer to take pay above the London Living Wage came days into a ballot for strike action which could have seen workers walk out over the festive period. Before United Voices of the World (UVW) began this dispute, the Qatari royal’s department store had been paying restaurant workers poverty wages of around £9 an hour
Security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital to take to the picket line in dispute for equal rights
Security guards at Great Ormond Street hospital will be hold a strike rally on 7 December, 2021 as part of their 3 day strike…
Huge win for pandemic heroes as billionaire trustees capitulate at North London care home
Trustees concede in a high profile 17-month dispute that saw 3 rounds of strike action, an occupation of one of the trustee’s offices and garnered UK wide support. UVW…
Security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital to hold a strike rally in dispute for equal rights
Security guards at Great Ormond Street hospital will be hold a strike rally on 7 December, 2021 as part of their 3 day strike…
Harrods workers threaten Christmas strike to end poverty wages
Restaurant workers at Harrods, the luxury department store owned by the Qatari royal family, are demanding an end to poverty wages at the billion-pound…
Great Ormond Street Hospital cleaners declare victory in dispute over terms & conditions
Cleaners at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have called off prospective strike action and are celebrating victory after NHS bosses conceded to their demands…
Sage Nursing Home workers to strike for dignity in care for all
“WE ARE SHORT-STAFFED, MISMANAGED AND PAID POVERTY WAGES” United Voices of the World (UVW) members at a North London care home serve notice of…
Black/Brown migrant workers are balloting for strike action to demand parity with fellow NHS staff
Last year, Great Ormond Street Hospital Workers won their fight to end outsourcing, but their in-house contracts still deny them the same rights as…
“This victory is a real testament to the tenacity of our members” says UVW as school cleaners win their battle for trade union recognition
Cleaners at the prestigious South London school of La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School are celebrating today after it was announced they won their…
UVW responds to Joint Committee on Human Rights over the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
United Voices of the World has responded to a call for evidence from the Joint Committee on Human Rights regarding the Police, Crime, Sentencing…
A “historic victory” for school cleaners who win teacher’s sick pay scheme 2 days into a 40 day strike
Cleaners at South London based La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School have won their strike for full pay sick pay in line with teachers,…