Cleaners at the Department of Education launch strike ballot over equality
The cleaners working at the Department for Education (DfE)’s Sanctuary Buildings have today instructed their union, United Voices of the World (UVW), to launch…
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Amazon cleaners indignant as global companies save pennies off their sweat
Minimum wage cleaners at Amazon warehouses in Enfield and Ipswich are set to ballot for strike action over attempts to cut their paid breaks…
UVW migrant seasonal worker could be a victim of human trafficking and modern slavery, Home Office finds in preliminary decision
The Home Office’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) suspects Julia Quecano Casimiro, a seasonal fruit picker from Bolivia, could be a victim of human trafficking…
Harrods’ hospitality workers ready to strike for third time if pay promise after consultative ballot not kept
Following two UVW victorious disputes for workers’ tips in 2017 and a huge 25 percent wage increase in December 2021, Harrods’s hospitality workers are…
“They don’t treat us cleaners like human beings, they treat us like rats”: Cleaners at the Department of Education poised to strike for a living wage
Exhausted cleaners, struggling to pay for the basics, working at the Department for Education (DfE)’s Sanctuary Buildings are asking to be paid a living…
UVW member cleaners force LSE to backdate their ‘stolen’ holiday pay
UVW member cleaners force LSE to backdate their ‘stolen’ holiday pay After several UVW strikes and a group tribunal claim over years of ‘stolen’…
UVW union launches legal action against UK fruit farm over exploitation of seasonal Latin American workers
United Voices of the World (UVW) commences tribunal proceedings after a group of migrant seasonal workers from Latin America recruited from Chile contacted the…
Outsourced cleaners at La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School return to the picket line
The outsourced cleaners at La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School in south London are returning to the picket line on 5 and 7 July,…
UVW cleaner members at state school La Retraite to strike in coordination with NEU teachers in early July
The outsourced cleaners at La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School in south London will return to the picket line for the second time in…
MEDIA INVITE: STRIKE BUS TOUR
Photo and interview opportunities aboard open-top double-decker strike bus as 140+ low-paid, migrant cleaners, carers and concierge workers walk out of their jobs simultaneously…
100+ low-paid, migrant workers to kick off simultaneous three-day strike action aboard open-top double-decker bus in June
Some 145 cleaners, carers and concierge workers, UVW members across the public and private sectors, will walk out of their jobs simultaneously to demand…
Threat of strike action secures pay rise for cleaners at Mercedes Benz
Low-paid, migrant workers at Mercedes Showroom in Colindale, London, have won a 25% pay increase after returning a strike mandate alongside 150 cleaners, carers…