19 dec 2020, 19:00-21:00
UVW CHRISTMAS PARTY!
Join us for an online party Saturday 19th December. This year has been hard on all of us, let’s celebrate the end of 2020 with UVW’s big wins, a quiz and some music and dancing.
Events
17 December 2020, 530pm – 7pm
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WORKSHOP
UVW is launching weekly 'Know Your Rights Workshops: Knowledge, Solidarity, Power' for UVW members beginning from Thursday 3rd December.
Wednesday, 5pm – 6pm, Saturday, 11:30AM – 12:30PM
English Class
We run a weekly group online English class for our members who want to improve their English listening, reading, and speaking skills in a fun and relaxed way.
13 Oct 2020, 7 PM – 9 PM
Eviction resistance training
Our brothers and sisters at the national tenants & community union Acorn have extended a special invitation to members of UVW to join their training on how to resist evictions in a Covid-compliant way...
9 Sept 2020, 6 PM – 8 PM
Trade Union Rep Training
Being a good trade union rep is about so much more than just knowing the law. In fact, it often has very little to do with the law.
5 Aug 2020, 7 PM – 8PM
External Organiser Training
We are offering training to UVW members to learn the UVW organising model and become a part of a cadre of organisers who will build teams to help workers take winning action.
17 June 2020, 6:30 PM – 8 PM
Dave Smith: Class Struggle in the Construction Industry
In our third union talk, Dave Smith will provide a short history of class struggle in the construction industry, centred around rank and file union organizing and employers' counter-mobilisation.
10 June 2020, 6:30 PM – 8 PM
Professor Ralph Darlington: Early British Syndicalism and The Great Unrest
Our second Union Talk aims to provide a brief historical overview of this legendary revolutionary union movement, focusing on the activity and influence of the British syndicalists who helped to build union membership and strong workers’ organisation through collective struggle.
3 June 2020, 6:30 PM – 8 PM
Louise Raw: The Match Women’s Strike 1888
We will be kicking our 'UNION TALK' series off on 3rd June at 6.30pm with a talk and discussion with Louise Raw on the Match Women's' strike of 1888.
7 Sept 2019, 12:30 PM – 14:30 PM
UVW Women’s Community Lunch
This month marks the launch of a joint project in partnership with the IWGB union and LAWRS, focused on enabling women to be more active in our unions and tackling gendered workplace issues.
5 Oct 2019, 2 PM – 6 PM
UVW’s AGM: Save the date!
The address is 14 Baylis Rd, Waterloo, SE1 7AA — just around the corner from Waterloo Station, and a brief walk from UVW’s offices. See the map. Proceedings are expected to continue from 2pm-6pm, with the customary music and food until 8pm.
15 Dec 2018, 5 PM – 6 PM
UVW X-Mas party!
After another year in the trenches of London’s low paid labour markets, defending and firing metaphorical bullets against the bosses of this city, we must come together to eat, drink and dance to the rhythms of joy.