WORLD WORLD EUROPE UK United-Kingdom - news journal UPDATE - (en) UK, ACG, Jackdaw: Security Workers at London Museums Campaign for a Better Deal (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Security workers at the Science and Natural History museums are voting

for strike action (at the time of going to press) after years of
substantial real terms pay cuts, while their employer, Wilson James,
makes over £7 million in after tax profits. They have joined the United
Voices of the World (UVW) who is supporting them in their campaign.
Their demands are:
* £16 an hour
* Full sick pay from  day one
* One more week  annual leave
Is this really too much to ask?
The security guards are
proud of what they do and
enjoy their job but they
believe that they should
be fairly compensated. It is
demanding work: having
to deal with the public,
deal with incidents, and
administer First Aid. But
the pay is so low that they
have to work a lot of extra
hours to compensate.
By joining the UVW they
are not only fighting for
themselves but for others.
As one worker says:
"As a member of UVW
and one of these museum
security officers, I believe
that every long journey
begins with a single step. I
also believe we are making
history-for ourselves,
our families, and future
generations of security
officers-by striving to
improve the social and
economic conditions
of the sector."
The UVW is an example
of a grass roots union
which has lived up to
its name- united voices.
Workers from a variety
of backgrounds and
occupations have found
a home here.
 From their website:
"United Voices of the
World is a member-led,
direct action, anti-racist,
campaigning trade union
and we exist to support
and empower the most
vulnerable groups of
precarious, low-paid and
predominantly BAME and
migrant workers in the UK.
The UVW family brings
together workers across
many sectors including
cleaning, security, catering
and portering from the
typically outsourced
facilities/services sector
and also hospitality,
retail, construction, health
care workers and other
professions including sex
workers, artists, architects,
childcare workers, social
workers, charity sector
workers and legal sector
workers including
paralegals, solicitors, and
barristers. We fight the
bosses through direct action
on the streets and through
the courts and demand that
all members receive at least
the London Living Wage,
full pay sick pay, dignity,
equality and respect."
For more information
about the progress of the
security workers campaign
and other activities of the
union see: https://www.
uvwunion.org.uk/en/

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