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This is going to be an autumn of strikes – and we need your help!
United Voices of the World will be taking action at seven big employers in coming months in a bid to secure decent wages for some of the lowest-paid workers in Britain – and show unorganised workers that unity can win. PETROS ELIA explains
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THIS October United Voices of the World (UVW) will be taking on seven major employers across London by organising multiple strikes on an ongoing, indefinite basis.
For those comrades who are unaware of UVW and what we do, we are a non-hierarchical, member-led campaigning trade union that exists to support our members to move as quickly as possible towards direct and strike action to put an end to their exploitation.
The majority of our members are migrants from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and eastern Europe, with a growing number from Asia too.
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