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Tag: UVW
Twitter deletes UVW account
The union had used the platform, now owned by the wealthiest man in the world, to raise tens of thousands of pounds to support the strikes of predo…
Cleaners force LSE to backdate their stolen pay
LSE has granted two years of backdated holiday pay and a one-off lump sum of £150 per person to their halls of residence cleaners.
Seasonal workers wildcat strike, take employer to tribunal
“They think we are ignorant and don’t have a say.
Condé Nast cleaners win 11% pay rise after strike threat
From now on, the cleaners will earn the London Living Wage (LLW) of £11.95 per hour, and the company has committed to automatically increasing thi…
Migrant cleaners win union recognition in defiance of Amazon
Migrant cleaners for the DBR1 Amazon warehouse in Dartford – who are outsourced to Phosters (FM) Limited, a Worcestershire-based facilities managem…
Cleaners confront Great Ormond Street Hospital over years of “institutional racism”
Yesterday brought a momentous ten-day tribunal hearing where Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) faces a first of a kind group claim for indirect r…
Save ASIRT: Asylum seeker legal support charity threatened with closure
A charity who provides free legal advice to asylum seekers in Birmingham and the West Midlands is closing down, despite being financially healthy.
Victory for domestic and sexual abuse charity counsellors over ‘gig economy’
UVW members working as counsellors for Solace Women’s Aid won a legal battle over their employment status on Monday when a judge ruled that the c…
Architectural workers threatened with redundancies as they initiate historic strike ballot
Following months of being ignored by management after raising issues regarding their pay and conditions, workers at Atomik, a London-based architec…
Unionised leisure centre cleaners win inflation-busting 16% pay rise
Cleaners and UVW members at Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea yesterday received confirmation that from 1 October their wages will increase by …
London: Met police apologises and pays compensation for arrest of UVW official
The Met issued a written apology and paid £3,000 in compensation to Franck Magennis, a barrister at Garden Court chambers and former head of UVW�…
Brighton pub workers defy violent union-busting by issuing fresh strike dates
Workers at the Saint James Tavern (SJT) in Brighton will be on strike for 20 days in July and August, including the weekend of Brighton Pride and t…
Brighton: Striking pub worker assaulted by union-busting boss
A strike by pub workers in Brighton has turned violent with the aggressive union-busting landlord, Zakaria Abedi, physically assaulting one of the …
Bitter dispute at St James Tavern
Bar staff at the well-known Brighton watering hole are balloting to down glasses on zero-hours low pay contracts — and potentially sue bosses ove…
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