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Climate activists from Greenpeace and Uplift during a demonstration outside the Scottish Court of Session, Edinburgh, on the first day of the Rosebank and Jackdaw judicial review hearing, November 12, 2024

Climate Crisis / 13 May 2026

Unions demand government acts on public interest and rejects Rosebank

13 May 2026

UVW member Maryori Pacheco Masias at the union’s head office in London

Britain / 29 April 2026

Hackney Council accused of bullying, harassment, and discrimination against migrant cleaner

29 April 2026

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

Healthcare / 19 March 2026

UVW secures contract for cleaning and catering staff in two NHS hospitals

19 March 2026

A United Voices of the World demonstartion

Workers' Rights / 12 February 2026

Domestic violence charity faces union recognition tribunal over ‘stalling and unresonable’ demands

12 February 2026

Workers' Rights / 11 December 2025

Cleaners and concierge staff at luxury flats to stage Christmas walkout

11 December 2025

United Voices of the World (UVW) members outside St Helier and Epsom hospital, November 2025

Workers' Rights / 17 November 2025

Hundreds of hospital workers set to receive vastly better pay and conditions after union campaign

17 November 2025

Workers' Rights / 4 November 2025

UVW secures union recognition at Science Museum

4 November 2025

Hospitality workers on strike at Draughts Bar in London protest against zero-hour contracts, precarity and exploitation Pic: UVW

Workers' Rights / 5 October 2025

Servers and bar staff begin strikes at London board games bars

5 October 2025

Britain / 2 October 2025

Fifth cleaner and concierge strike looms at London luxury flats

2 October 2025

United Voices of the World / 13 August 2025

Over 300 St Helier & Epsom hospital workers vote to strike over ‘second-class’ treatment

13 August 2025

Workers' Rights / 1 July 2025

Kitchen worker accuses trendy bar chain of trade union victimisation

1 July 2025

Solace Women’s Aid / 12 June 2025

Women's charity workers ballot for strike action

12 June 2025

General View of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London

Britain / 20 February 2025

Security guards at top museums pause strike ahead of offer

20 February 2025

United Voices of the World members at Solace Women’s Aid,

Britain / 3 February 2025

Women's aid workers to begin indefinite strike action from Valentine’s Day over job cuts

3 February 2025

UVW workers on the picket line, London, December 2024

Britain / 24 January 2025

Security guards at Natural History, Science and V&A museums to strike for all of February

24 January 2025

A screengrab of a video showing UVW official Molly de Dios F

Britain / 29 December 2024

Harrods guards allegedly ‘break female union official's finger’ during retailer's biggest ever strike

29 December 2024

A banner from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union

Britain / 10 December 2024

Christmas of strikes - Fresh strikes to disrupt travel, Harrods, Whitehall and turkeys

10 December 2024

A general view of the Harrods department store in Knightsbri

Britain / 5 December 2024

Harrods staff set to walk out over Christmas season

5 December 2024

Workers denied seasonal bonus while owners award themselves £180m

Britain / 20 November 2024

V&A museum security guards join fight for fair pay

20 November 2024

Britain / 11 November 2024

Harrods workers threaten Christmas strikes

11 November 2024

The Natural History Museum in central London

Britain / 24 October 2024

Union threatens Science Museum contractor with historic private prosecution

24 October 2024

Professional street skateboarder Lorre Bruggeman at the Natu

Britain / 15 October 2024

Security guards at Natural History and Science Museums announce half-term strikes

15 October 2024

The Department For Education in London, February 15, 2023

Britain / 8 October 2024

Department for Education facilities workers declare victory

8 October 2024

Britain / 25 September 2024

Former Harrods workers accuses company of covering perpetrators

25 September 2024

Mr Al Fayed's accusers sit in the front row as they listen t

Britain / 20 September 2024

Al-Fayed compared to Savile, Epstein and Weinstein, his alleged victims’ legal team says

20 September 2024

Britain / 9 September 2024

Outsourced security guards at Natural History and Science museums ballot for strike action

9 September 2024

General view of James Allen's Girls' School, in south east L

Britain / 30 August 2024

Cleaners at £24,000-a-year private school halt strike after pay deal

30 August 2024

A view of Harrods in Knightsbridge, London

Britain / 22 August 2024

Harrods' migrant cleaners call off strike after reporting win on annual leave policy

22 August 2024

Signage for James Allen's Girls' School, in south east Londo

Britain / 12 August 2024

Contract cleaners at top private school to strike over pay cuts

12 August 2024

Britain / 30 July 2024

Harrods migrant cleaners ready to strike against new holiday policy which restricts ability to visit families

30 July 2024

Britain / 16 July 2024

Cleaners at £24,000-a-year private school have pay cut by 12% after strike vote

16 July 2024

Britain / 17 December 2023

Cleaners win pay rise and give bullying manager the boot at exclusive London club

17 December 2023

Industrial / 29 November 2023

LSE cleaners vow to continue action as they win two years backdated holiday pay

29 November 2023

UVW members (From left to right) Yuleth, Paola, Cristina, Ma

Britain / 25 May 2023

UVW secures 25% pay increase for outsourced cleaning staff

25 May 2023

Britain / 23 May 2023

Cleaners carers, and concierge workers across London to strike for ‘pay, dignity, equality, and respect’

23 May 2023

Britain / 30 March 2023

UVW union to stage strikers' assembly next month in run up to its ‘biggest industrial action yet’

30 March 2023

UVW members and formerly outsourced cleaners Great Ormond St

Britain / 2 March 2023

Cleaners take Great Ormond Street Hospital to court over alleged indirect race discrimination

2 March 2023

Veteran cleaner and strike leader Mildred Simpson

Britain / 2 March 2023

Veteran cleaner and strike leader fights union victimisation at LSE, union alleges

2 March 2023

UVW members show support for Atomik workers. Their signs rea

Britain / 14 September 2022

Atomik Architecture staff balloting for strike after bosses threaten jobs when workers declared pay dispute

14 September 2022

Staff at Saint James Tavern Photo: United Voices of the Worl

Britain / 15 June 2022

Bar staff claim union busting at St James Tavern in Brighton

15 June 2022

Features / 6 June 2022

Time (to strike) at the bar?

6 June 2022

Unrest is brewing at the Saint James Tavern in Brighton, where workers are calling for an end to zero-hours contracts, a fixed pay date, £11.50 an hour as a minimum for all staff and occupational sick pay MATT TRINDER reports

Hail falls during a thunder and lighting storm as a police o

Britain / 26 May 2022

Cleaners and security guards to protest against government's ‘culture of disrespect’ against low-paid workers at departmental buildings

26 May 2022

Britain / 13 May 2022

Care home strike leader wins trade union victimisation claim

13 May 2022

UVW members protest outside London’s Great Ormond Street H

Britain / 11 March 2022

Hundreds of cleaners win battle for full NHS contracts at Great Ormond Street Hospital

11 March 2022

‘Our members will never tolerate being treated as second class by GOSH or any employer,’ UVW general secretary Petros Elia said

Britain / 11 March 2022

Security guards and UVW launch landmark legal challenge against St George’s University of London

11 March 2022

UVW and IWGB union members rally outside High Court

Britain / 16 February 2022

High Court injunction against UVW's protest is an attack on the entire trade union movement, strikers warn

16 February 2022

Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burgon join the UVW picket line ou

Britain / 11 February 2022

Injunction against striking GOSH security guards serves as a ‘sneak preview’ of the Tory's policing Bill

11 February 2022

Jeremy Corbyn with striking security guards represented by t

Britain / 3 February 2022

Corbyn tells striking security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital they will be victorious

3 February 2022

Britain / 2 February 2022

Outsourced security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital launch six-week strike action and race discrimination legal challenge

2 February 2022

Britain / 27 January 2022

Outsourced security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital to resume strike, union confirms

27 January 2022

Britain / 19 January 2022

Outsourced GOSH security guards strike postponed following 11th-hour deal

19 January 2022

Britain / 18 January 2022

Outsourced security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital to strike for six weeks over pay equality

18 January 2022

Susana Benavides was attracted to the UVW which fought for l

Features / 19 September 2021

UVW: march alongside us — not in front of us

19 September 2021

The United Voices of the World grew out of the organic struggles of super-exploited low-paid migrant cleaners like myself, to become one of the most successful small unions in years — we must not lose sight of our original mission, writes SUSANA BENAVIDES

Britain / 21 May 2021

Outsourced cleaners win trade union recognition after lengthy battle

21 May 2021

The Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London

Britain / 18 April 2021

Decision to move west London hospital cleaners in-house made permanent

18 April 2021

Britain / 22 February 2021

School cleaners to strike for 40 days and 40 nights in ‘righteous indignation’ at ‘wage theft’ and ‘poverty pay’

22 February 2021

Britain / 2 February 2021

Care staff at Sage nursing home stage second wave of strike action

2 February 2021

A UVW member hold a sign which reads: ‘Recognise our union

Britain / 11 January 2021

Care workers and cleaners at a London home to stage a 3-day strike for a living wage

11 January 2021

A general view of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London

Britain / 10 December 2020

Union announces ‘historic’ victory for outsourced cleaners as NHS employs them directly

10 December 2020

Britain / 23 November 2020

‘Groundbreaking’ injunction could prevent the ‘unlawful’ sacking of a security worker, UVW reveals

23 November 2020

Britain / 13 November 2020

Strike leader suspended by firm over opposition to outsourcing, union claims

13 November 2020

Cleaners form a picket line with their UVW comrades

Britain / 4 November 2020

Care home bosses agree to negotiate pay rise following one-of-a-kind strike action vote

4 November 2020

Britain / 23 July 2020

Security guards at St George’s University London win full sick pay

23 July 2020

UVW welcomes the provision but says the university's treatment of its security guards amounts to indirect discrimination

Britain / 14 July 2020

MoJ could be taken to court over ‘refusal’ to provide outsourced workers with masks, union says

14 July 2020

Britain / 13 July 2020

Outsourcing workers is ‘institutional racism,’ UVW says as it heads to court

13 July 2020

A view of the Ministry of Justice in Westminster (left) and

Features / 10 July 2020

Ministry of injustice - Callousness, coronavirus and a culture of fear

10 July 2020

BETHANY RIELLY looks at the risks faced by cleaners forced to work without protection through the pandemic

Britain / 17 June 2020

Academy executive refused to meet with workers after cleaning contractor is found union busting

17 June 2020

Britain / 9 June 2020

Unions demand ‘unscrupulous’ cleaning firm to rehire all sacked staff on full back-pay

9 June 2020

Features / 7 April 2020

Our health is not negotiable, which is why we’ve had to walk

7 April 2020

Seven security guards at a prestigious London university explain why — with the support of the UVW union — they have decided to self-isolate instead of clock on

United Voices of the World (UVW) members strike outside of S

Britain / 20 February 2020

Striking UVW security guards launch legal action against St George's

20 February 2020

Barrister and UVW head of legal Franck Magennis was arrested

Britain / 13 January 2020

Cops arrest trade union's lawyer on the picket line

13 January 2020

United Voices of the World to launch legal action against the police raid

Britain / 12 January 2020

Security strike at St George's University of London to end ‘second class’ contracts

12 January 2020

Features / 25 November 2019

We can't beat back the scourge of NHS outsourcing alone

25 November 2019

UVW is organising what could be the longest strike of non-clinical staff in the NHS’s history, write PETROS ELIA and KANE SHAW. Here they call for greater co-operation between unions

Features / 16 September 2019

This is going to be an autumn of strikes – and we need your help!

16 September 2019

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

Cleaners at the Ministry of Justice strike in August 2018

Britain / 21 January 2019

Workers to walk out for pay justice at government ministries

21 January 2019

Agency cleaners, caterers, receptionists and security guards at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Ministry of Justice strike for a living wage and better conditions