“We don’t want to strike. We want to do our jobs properly and keep guests and colleagues safe. But we need that same commitment…
“This action is to demonstrate to the resort’s leadership that we will no longer tolerate working conditions that make it harder for us to…
The number of people on zero-hours contracts has hit a record high with more than 1.2 million people now on them, despite government reforms aimed at…
UVW has joined 50 trade unions and organisations from across the UK in a joint letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling for urgent…
“After two years of organising and strike action, we’re proud of what we’ve achieved together. But this isn’t the finish line.” Catherine Campbell, Science…
“We work 12-hour shifts dealing with violence, aggression, lost children and medical emergencies to keep families safe — yet we’re understaffed, unsupported and taken…
“It’s exciting news. Securing this recognition agreement means our employer now has to sit down with us before making any decisions that affect our…
Outsourced migrant cleaners, members of United Voices of the World (UVW), at Ark Globe Academy in South London have voted unanimously to take strike action after months of…
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“We are workers who keep this service running through our daily effort, waking up at 4:00 in the morning, enduring exhausting shifts and an…
This year, United Voices of the World (UVW) marked International Workers’ Day with joy, defiance, and determination — celebrating culture, resistance, solidarity, and working-class struggle, both…
“I have felt bullied despite giving 100 percent of myself at work. It is not fair that at the slightest issue, workers can be made…
“At the European Legal Support Centre, we see this recognition as a meaningful affirmation of what workers already know in practice, that only through…
“We all have a right to a decent life and to feel financially secure (…) We remain positive, which is why we have voted…
“I want my job back. I want my name cleared, because they have completely tarnished it.” Tobeida, former Amazon cleaner A 60-year-old migrant cleaner who worked…
Casa UVW was filled to capacity on Saturday 14 March as around 90 Spanish-speaking members gathered for the first Café Consulta drop-in session of the year,…
Last week 22 students joined us to kick off the first training session of the Emanuel Gomes Organising School (EGOS) at Casa UVW. In a moment where low-paid and migrant…
“After a long struggle, we managed to secure a trade union recognition deal, signed between UVW and our management. It is unfortunate that after last year’s campaign and the new recognition agreement, we have…
UVW members — including cleaners, students, and trade unionists — rallied with Peruvian head chef Raul Bottini on a bustling Friday evening in Brixton…
UVW members are making history — again. At Radisson Blu hotels in London, mainly migrant women housekeepers are leading a powerful fightback against exploitation in one…
“This means everything to us. It wasn’t easy, but now we finally have a voice — we’re no longer being pushed aside or ignored. We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together.” Nassaia Nkusi,…
UVW marked International Women Workers’ Day on the streets on Sunday 8 March, joining comrades in the Feminist Assembly of Latin Americans (FALA) bloc at…
“Harrods introduced this cover charge out of nowhere and without any transparency as to its purpose.” Alice Howick, Harrods former restaurant worker and UVW…
“Union recognition means that when they try to do things like they did before, when they cut our hours or increased our workload, we…
“While we advocate every day for survivors of abuse, we feel our own voices continue to be disregarded.” Domestic Violence Advisors at Solace Women’s…
UVW statement on proposed “earned settlement” plans and delays to settled status for children The United Voices of the World (UVW) union has raised…
“I had so many plans for my life when I was working at Draughts, and my dismissal has been devastating.” Awed, dismissed kitchen workers…