SUMMER OF STRIKES: LOW-PAY BRITAIN LAUNCHES UNPRECEDENTED FIGHTBACK AGAINST ROGUE EMPLOYERS
Some of London’s most prominent institutions are bracing themselves for a summer of labour struggle, after the United Voices of the World trade union…
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THE QUEEN’S CLEANERS SET TO STRIKE IN BATTLE AGAINST POVERTY WAGES
Workers who clean and maintain London’s world-famous Royal Parks are set to walk out on strike in protest at poverty wages, causing a major…
Barristers join United Voices of the World
Paralegals, solicitors and barristers across the UK have voted to unionise through the trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) to form Legal…
Deliveroo drops discriminatory policy against Sex Workers after pressure from Unions
UVW supports sex workers organising for their rights at work, secure pay and safety Since spring 2018, UVW has been working with X:talk and…
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OCCUPIED
8th AUGUST 2018 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OCCUPIED IN SUPPORT OF CLEANERS STRIKING AGAINST GOVERNMENT’S POVERTY PAY; KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA COUNCIL…
Cleaners at the London School of Economics (LSE) begin indefinite strike action over unequal treatment on 11 May
An almost entirely migrant workforce of outsourced cleaners is about to embark on an indefinite programme of strike action over the LSE’s refusal to…
STRIKE ACTION – PRESS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE
Cleaners being balloted for strike action over job cuts and the London Living Wage at 100 Wood Street, where global financial giants such as…
19 MPs call for reinstatement of Sotheby’s Four
On 14 July, the MP for Birmingham Hall Green, Roger Godsiff, tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons condemning the employment practices of Sotheby's and its cleaning contractor Servest concerning United Voices of the World (UVW) members.