Cleaners take on Canary Wharf bank to fight for living wage Cleaners organised with the United Voices of the World union are set to strike for a living wage at…
Migrant cleaners in Living Wage victory against the Daily Mail A group of migrant cleaners - who are members of the trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) -…
Migrant cleaners at the Daily Mail to strike against poverty wages Outsourced cleaners at the Daily Mail, predominantly from Latin America and Africa, have demanded to…
Kate Mullany and the Collar Laundry Union A history of the Collar Laundry Union – the first female union in the United States – set up by Kate Mullany, Esther Keegan and others in Troy,…
Cleaners at luxury car dealer protest suspensions after strike vote Cleaners at a Ferrari showroom in London's richest borough were suspended without pay this week…
Tribute to Ernesto Leal, a founder of the London migrant cleaners' movement Tribute written by members of the Latin American Workers' Association (LAWAS) in 2009 after the…
UK: A Promising Hospital Strike Since the Spring of this year in several London hospitals about 750 cleaners, security personnel and porters have been in dispute with their…
Coalition representing 350,000 announces May 1st strike Workers will strike on International Worker's Day to protest worsening conditions across the country
Mississippi's first labour union - Ken Lawrence A short account of the first trade union in Mississippi, which was created in 1866 by African-American washerwomen.
Atlanta's washerwomen strike, 1881 A short history of the strike of overwhelmingly African-American women laundresses in Atlanta Georgia. Coming only shortly after the abolition of…
Letter on the IWW Domestic Workers Union, 1917 - Jane Street Fascinating letter from the secretary of the domestic workers' section of the Industrial Workers of…
Jolting memory: Nightcleaners recalled - Sheila Rowbotham Sheila Rowbotham recalls both the campaigns to organise female night cleaners in London from 1970,…
