Game dev union members marched at GDC to propose a 'Game Workers' Bill of Rights' The UVW-CWA is envisioning a base standard set of working conditions for all game developers. PC Gamer · Mar 12
Harrods faces legal action over £1-a-head dining charge not going to staff Case brought by 29 workers and backed by UVW union seen as test case that could lead to changes at other restaurants The Guardian - UK · Feb 28
‘Our industry has been strip-mined’: video game workers protest at The Game Awards Outside the lavish event, workers called out the ‘greed’ in the industry that has left games ‘being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025
Hundreds of low-paid NHS hospital staff win improved terms after strike threat More than 330 workers, mainly cleaners, caterers and porters, at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospital group had voted to strike The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025
NHS hospital group’s facilities staff vote to strike over £30m pay discrimination claim Union accuses St George’s, Epsom and St Helier of ‘institutional racism’ as cleaners, caterers and porters get lower pay than colleagues The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025
South London hospital staff set to strike over 'Mickey Mouse' contracts Ballot result showed 98% support for the strike Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2025
Radisson Blu housekeepers in London to stage first hotel strike in 46 years The union’s general secretary says the walkout is a historic turning point The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025
'Survivors left without support': Domestic abuse workers to strike over proposed job cuts Fears over level of support for victims in Tower Hamlets, that has the second highest level of domestic abuse cases in London, if job cuts go ahead Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025
Public urged to stay away from three major London museums for a month as staff go on strike The ‘longest ever’ strike over pay and working conditions will take place throughout the month of February Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025
London museum security guards urge public to stay away in strikes over pay More walkouts planned in 2025 at V&A, Natural History and Science museums as workers demand living wage The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024
Staff at top London restaurants consider legal action over cover charges Exclusive: unions could back legal action against firms such as Harrods that levy a charge that is not passed on to staff The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024
Harrods workers vote to strike in Christmas week over pay and perks Three days of action include Boxing Day sales but union says no option as management ‘refuses to engage’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024
Harrods workers vote to strike this Christmas after luxury retailer refuses to pay £500 bonus One cleaner accused Harrods of treating workers ‘like machines’ Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2024
Security guard sues Science Museum for allegedly denying suitable chair Malina Nowicka, a cancer survivor with chronic back pain, works as security guard at London museum The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024 Security at Science and Natural History museums to ballot for strike action Exclusive: More than 70 guards at the London attractions taking part after ‘years of real-terms pay cuts’
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024 Cleaners at prestigious UK girls’ school win dispute over pay and conditions Planned strike at James Allen’s girls’ school in London scrapped after cleaners are compensated for cut in hours
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024 Harrods migrant cleaners to strike over limit on length of trips to visit family Exclusive: This comes as the luxury retailer celebrates its 175th anniversary.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024 Cleaners at prestigious UK girls’ school vote to strike over cut in hours James Allen’s girls’ school in London faces industrial action by members of union for low-paid migrant workers
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2024 Government cleaners win pay-out of up to £2,500 as strike called off Union members say they have been treated differently to their white counterparts by being denied the London living wage of £13.15 per hour
The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024 Spanish drivers hired to deliver Amazon parcels in UK take legal action over pay Exclusive: Some of the drivers say they were not paid in full and in some cases billed thousands for vehicle damage
The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2024 Strippers prepare to launch legal action against Soho club over ‘abysmal treatment’ ‘My manager came up with excuse after excuse, she kept telling me ‘tomorrow we will transfer the money’ and no money ever came,’ performer says
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024 Royal Parks workers bring landmark case over race and equal pay Exclusive: Group of London toilet cleaners and attendants at court of appeal over legality of outsourced contracts
Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2024 Cleaner sacked 'for eating leftover tuna sandwich' at London law firm Single mother Gabriela Rodriguez, from Ecuador, ate a sandwich that had been left by lawyers and was reportedly destined for the bin
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024 Cleaner sacked for eating leftover tuna sandwich takes legal action against City law firm Gabriela Rodriguez cleaned the offices of Devonshires Solicitors for two years
Daily Mirror · May 27, 2022 Crowd gathers outside Downing Street to protest treatment of cleaners during Partygate United Voices of the World (UVW) organised the demonstration outside Downing Street in light of Sue Gray's Partygate report which revealed the "unacceptable" treatment of government cleaners and security staff