First Hotel Housekeepers’ Walkout in 46 Years
· First hotel workers strike in England since 1979 to take place on Saturday 9 August 2025 · Outsourced hotel housekeepers at the Radisson…
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100% YES: Workers at Draughts, a Chain of Trendy London Board Games Bars, Vote Unanimously to Strike
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday 14 July 2025 Bar staff at Draughts – the iconic board game bar chain with venues in Hackney, Stratford, and…
UVW launches legal action Against Trendy Board Game Bar Chain, Draughts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday 1 July 2025 A kitchen worker from Sudan at one of London’s trendiest independent bar chains, Draughts, has been dismissed just…
West End Quays concierge and cleaners to strike in July against surveillance, intimidation and punitive pay policy
Cleaners and concierge at West End Quays luxury apartments in West London will walk out on strike on July 7, standing up to what…
NHS Inequality Sparks Revolt: Hundreds of St Helier & Epsom Hospital Workers Launch Strike Ballot
Almost 300 vital NHS facilities workers at St Helier and Epsom hospitals are set to ballot for strike action, demanding full equality with their…
UVW security guards at London’s top museums secure major pay rises after sustained strike action
In total, the guards took 50+ days of strike action, starting last October and including a month of nearly daily walkouts in February, as…
Crisis at Solace Women’s Aid: Barnet and Tower Hamlets Support Workers set to strike
11 June Workers at the Barnet Solace Advocacy and Support Service (SASS), frontline advocates for survivors of gender-based violence, have opened a strike ballot…
Victory for UVW: All redundancies stopped at Solace Women’s Aid
Members of the trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) at Solace Women’s Aid in Tower Hamlets today declare victory after successfully fighting…
Security guards at London’s top museums pause strike action pending promised pay offer
Security guards at the Natural History Museum, Science Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum have agreed to temporarily pause their historic strike action after…
Hundreds rally to save vital domestic abuse support services in Tower Hamlets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : 7 February 2025 HUNDREDS RALLY TO SAVE VITAL DOMESTIC ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES IN TOWER HAMLETS Hundreds of people gathered outside…
Solace Women’s Aid workers announce indefinite strike to stop devastating job cuts
Workers at Solace Women’s Aid, a charity supporting domestic abuse victim-survivors, have announced indefinite strike action in response to devastating job cuts that threaten…
Domestic abuse workers call rally on 6 February outside Tower Hamlets’ Town Hall to save service threatened by cuts
Workers in Solace Women’s Aid’s Tower Hamlets Solace Advocacy and Support Service (SASS) team, who are members of UVW, are calling for the community…