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…
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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…
Security guards at Natural History Museum, Science Museum and V&A to launch historic month-long strike action in February, urge public to not visit museums
The workers, who are outsourced to private security contractor Wilson James, are fighting for a pay rise to £16 per hour, sick pay from…
Workers at Solace Women’s Aid set to strike to save Tower Hamlets’ domestic abuse support services
Independent domestic violence advisers from Solace Women’s Aid in Tower Hamlets, who are members of UVW, are balloting to strike over significant and imminent…
Science, Natural History and V&A museum security guards strike continues in January as contractor faces lawsuits
Outsourced guards at these world-renowned museums have already taken 18 days of strike action in five stoppages since October. They are committed to continuing…
Female union official assaulted three times on the picket line at Harrods suffers whiplash and fracture
Several security guards attempted to conceal their SIA badges and SIA numbers after assaulting a female union official, in an attempt to avoid being…
Over 100 security guards to make history by taking co-ordinated strike action across the Science, Natural History and V&A Museums
Security guards at three world-renowned museums will make history on Saturday 21 December by striking together for the first time. They join workers from…
Department for Education security guards to join mass strike on 21 December
The guards, who work at Sanctuary Buildings in central London, demand a minimum pay rate of £15 per hour, a comprehensive sick pay scheme…
Hundreds of Harrods workers to strike over pre-Christmas weekend and Boxing Day as store refuses talks
Hundreds of workers across Harrods’ retail, restaurant, kitchen, and cleaning departments have announced they will walk out of their jobs in the midst of…
Hundreds of Harrods workers vote en mass to strike this Christmas as luxury store behaves like modern-day Scrooge
Hundreds of workers across Harrods’ retail, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning departments have returned a resounding 95% yes to strike action and will walk out…