United Voices of the World
@uvwunion.bsky.social
Community union for low paid, precarious, migrant and marginalised workers. Our members come from over a hundred countries and work across the economy.
Everywhere in the news! 🗞️🔥
500+ NHS workers just won a £10 million deal after years of being treated as second-class. Their story is making headlines everywhere!
See how the media is covering their victory 👀
In case you missed the Guardian story >> theguardian.com/society/2025...
500+ NHS workers just won a £10 million deal after years of being treated as second-class. Their story is making headlines everywhere!
See how the media is covering their victory 👀
In case you missed the Guardian story >> theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Everywhere in the news! 🗞️🔥
500+ NHS workers just won a £10 million deal after years of being treated as second-class. Their story is making headlines everywhere!
See how the media is covering their victory 👀
In case you missed the Guardian story >> theguardian.com/society/2025...
500+ NHS workers just won a £10 million deal after years of being treated as second-class. Their story is making headlines everywhere!
See how the media is covering their victory 👀
In case you missed the Guardian story >> theguardian.com/society/2025...
When workers move together, nothing can stop us. Join the fight 👇
uvwunion.org.uk/en/join/
@migrantsrights.bsky.social @migrantvoice.bsky.social @migrantsorganise.bsky.social
@weownit.org.uk
#NHSWorkers #WorkerPower #UnionStrong #NHSPay
uvwunion.org.uk/en/join/
@migrantsrights.bsky.social @migrantvoice.bsky.social @migrantsorganise.bsky.social
@weownit.org.uk
#NHSWorkers #WorkerPower #UnionStrong #NHSPay
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When workers move together, nothing can stop us. Join the fight 👇
uvwunion.org.uk/en/join/
@migrantsrights.bsky.social @migrantvoice.bsky.social @migrantsorganise.bsky.social
@weownit.org.uk
#NHSWorkers #WorkerPower #UnionStrong #NHSPay
uvwunion.org.uk/en/join/
@migrantsrights.bsky.social @migrantvoice.bsky.social @migrantsorganise.bsky.social
@weownit.org.uk
#NHSWorkers #WorkerPower #UnionStrong #NHSPay
The workers didn’t blink.
Result?
They WON full NHS Agenda for Change pay, sick leave, annual leave, weekend and night pay & NhS pensions. Their length-of-service rights recognised.
Equality restored.
Millions returned to workers.
A two-tier system—smashed.
Result?
They WON full NHS Agenda for Change pay, sick leave, annual leave, weekend and night pay & NhS pensions. Their length-of-service rights recognised.
Equality restored.
Millions returned to workers.
A two-tier system—smashed.
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The workers didn’t blink.
Result?
They WON full NHS Agenda for Change pay, sick leave, annual leave, weekend and night pay & NhS pensions. Their length-of-service rights recognised.
Equality restored.
Millions returned to workers.
A two-tier system—smashed.
Result?
They WON full NHS Agenda for Change pay, sick leave, annual leave, weekend and night pay & NhS pensions. Their length-of-service rights recognised.
Equality restored.
Millions returned to workers.
A two-tier system—smashed.
The workers didn’t blink.
Result?
They WON full NHS Agenda for Change pay, sick leave, annual leave, weekend and night pay & NhS pensions. Their length-of-service rights recognised.
Equality restored.
Millions returned to workers.
A two-tier system—smashed.
Result?
They WON full NHS Agenda for Change pay, sick leave, annual leave, weekend and night pay & NhS pensions. Their length-of-service rights recognised.
Equality restored.
Millions returned to workers.
A two-tier system—smashed.
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The workers didn’t blink.
Result?
They WON full NHS Agenda for Change pay, sick leave, annual leave, weekend and night pay & NhS pensions. Their length-of-service rights recognised.
Equality restored.
Millions returned to workers.
A two-tier system—smashed.
Result?
They WON full NHS Agenda for Change pay, sick leave, annual leave, weekend and night pay & NhS pensions. Their length-of-service rights recognised.
Equality restored.
Millions returned to workers.
A two-tier system—smashed.
For 4+ years, cleaners, porters & caterers at St Helier & Epsom hospitals were denied full NHS contracts. Mostly Black, brown & migrant workers on worse pay and conditions.
So they organised. 🔥
Hundreds joined the union. ✊🏾
And 98% voted to strike. 💪🏾
So they organised. 🔥
Hundreds joined the union. ✊🏾
And 98% voted to strike. 💪🏾
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For 4+ years, cleaners, porters & caterers at St Helier & Epsom hospitals were denied full NHS contracts. Mostly Black, brown & migrant workers on worse pay and conditions.
So they organised. 🔥
Hundreds joined the union. ✊🏾
And 98% voted to strike. 💪🏾
So they organised. 🔥
Hundreds joined the union. ✊🏾
And 98% voted to strike. 💪🏾
“This is happiness!”
500+ NHS workers just WON a £10 million deal after years of being treated as second-class. 🔥
Their unity changed everything. Watch their joy and keep reading! ✊🏽
👇🧵
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @blacklivesmatteruk.bsky.social
@bma.org.uk @bmalondon.bsky.social
500+ NHS workers just WON a £10 million deal after years of being treated as second-class. 🔥
Their unity changed everything. Watch their joy and keep reading! ✊🏽
👇🧵
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @blacklivesmatteruk.bsky.social
@bma.org.uk @bmalondon.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“This is happiness!”
500+ NHS workers just WON a £10 million deal after years of being treated as second-class. 🔥
Their unity changed everything. Watch their joy and keep reading! ✊🏽
👇🧵
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @blacklivesmatteruk.bsky.social
@bma.org.uk @bmalondon.bsky.social
500+ NHS workers just WON a £10 million deal after years of being treated as second-class. 🔥
Their unity changed everything. Watch their joy and keep reading! ✊🏽
👇🧵
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @blacklivesmatteruk.bsky.social
@bma.org.uk @bmalondon.bsky.social
With the support of her union, UVW, she challenged her dismissal and won her job back.
“I’m so happy to belong to UVW, a community and a family that truly cares,” she says.
Her case is not an isolated one; it reflects the challenges many migrant and low-paid workers face.
“I’m so happy to belong to UVW, a community and a family that truly cares,” she says.
Her case is not an isolated one; it reflects the challenges many migrant and low-paid workers face.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
With the support of her union, UVW, she challenged her dismissal and won her job back.
“I’m so happy to belong to UVW, a community and a family that truly cares,” she says.
Her case is not an isolated one; it reflects the challenges many migrant and low-paid workers face.
“I’m so happy to belong to UVW, a community and a family that truly cares,” she says.
Her case is not an isolated one; it reflects the challenges many migrant and low-paid workers face.
The CAC’s ruling means that Wilson James - the contractor across the Science Museum Group are now legally required to negotiate with UVW representatives every year on pay, hours, and working conditions — a huge step forward for fair treatment and respect at work.
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The CAC’s ruling means that Wilson James - the contractor across the Science Museum Group are now legally required to negotiate with UVW representatives every year on pay, hours, and working conditions — a huge step forward for fair treatment and respect at work.
This landmark decision comes after months of CAC proceedings and 50 days of strike action earlier this year, during which security guards stood united against union-busting, intimidation, and attempts to undermine their right to organise.
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This landmark decision comes after months of CAC proceedings and 50 days of strike action earlier this year, during which security guards stood united against union-busting, intimidation, and attempts to undermine their right to organise.
🚨 Check Your Pay!
New Living Wage rates:
💷 £14.80 p/h London
💷 £13.45 p/u UK
The Living Wage’s meant to cover real costs — but it’s still not enough. So if you’re not even getting that, get organised and get fighting #UVW #unionstrong #livingwage
New Living Wage rates:
💷 £14.80 p/h London
💷 £13.45 p/u UK
The Living Wage’s meant to cover real costs — but it’s still not enough. So if you’re not even getting that, get organised and get fighting #UVW #unionstrong #livingwage
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🚨 Check Your Pay!
New Living Wage rates:
💷 £14.80 p/h London
💷 £13.45 p/u UK
The Living Wage’s meant to cover real costs — but it’s still not enough. So if you’re not even getting that, get organised and get fighting #UVW #unionstrong #livingwage
New Living Wage rates:
💷 £14.80 p/h London
💷 £13.45 p/u UK
The Living Wage’s meant to cover real costs — but it’s still not enough. So if you’re not even getting that, get organised and get fighting #UVW #unionstrong #livingwage
💥 Solidarity matters.
Huge thanks to @bma.org.uk London for standing with #NHS porters, cleaners and caterers at Epsom and St Helier hospitals, UVW members, in their fight for fair, nationally agreed contracts. St Georges Trust, do the right thing!
Together we’ll win. ✊🏽
#SolidarityForever #UVW
Huge thanks to @bma.org.uk London for standing with #NHS porters, cleaners and caterers at Epsom and St Helier hospitals, UVW members, in their fight for fair, nationally agreed contracts. St Georges Trust, do the right thing!
Together we’ll win. ✊🏽
#SolidarityForever #UVW
October 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
💥 Solidarity matters.
Huge thanks to @bma.org.uk London for standing with #NHS porters, cleaners and caterers at Epsom and St Helier hospitals, UVW members, in their fight for fair, nationally agreed contracts. St Georges Trust, do the right thing!
Together we’ll win. ✊🏽
#SolidarityForever #UVW
Huge thanks to @bma.org.uk London for standing with #NHS porters, cleaners and caterers at Epsom and St Helier hospitals, UVW members, in their fight for fair, nationally agreed contracts. St Georges Trust, do the right thing!
Together we’ll win. ✊🏽
#SolidarityForever #UVW
EVENT: Come & hear #NHS porters, cleaners & catering staff at St Helier & Epsom Hospitals, who are fighting for the same pay & conditions as all NHS staff!
🗓️ Thu 16 Oct | 7:30–9:00 PM
📍 William Morris House, SW19 1SD
Free tickets👇https://tickettailor.com/events/williammorrismeetingrooms/1888373
🗓️ Thu 16 Oct | 7:30–9:00 PM
📍 William Morris House, SW19 1SD
Free tickets👇https://tickettailor.com/events/williammorrismeetingrooms/1888373
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
EVENT: Come & hear #NHS porters, cleaners & catering staff at St Helier & Epsom Hospitals, who are fighting for the same pay & conditions as all NHS staff!
🗓️ Thu 16 Oct | 7:30–9:00 PM
📍 William Morris House, SW19 1SD
Free tickets👇https://tickettailor.com/events/williammorrismeetingrooms/1888373
🗓️ Thu 16 Oct | 7:30–9:00 PM
📍 William Morris House, SW19 1SD
Free tickets👇https://tickettailor.com/events/williammorrismeetingrooms/1888373
💥 Hospitality & Retail Workers! 💥
From bar staff to hotel housekeepers, we are winning better pay & conditions by organising together. ✊
Join our 1-day organising training to take power back!
📅 20 Oct | 🕙 10–4 | 📍 UVW Office, E1 5QJ
👉 Sign up: tinyurl.com/yeyv9mz4
From bar staff to hotel housekeepers, we are winning better pay & conditions by organising together. ✊
Join our 1-day organising training to take power back!
📅 20 Oct | 🕙 10–4 | 📍 UVW Office, E1 5QJ
👉 Sign up: tinyurl.com/yeyv9mz4
October 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
💥 Hospitality & Retail Workers! 💥
From bar staff to hotel housekeepers, we are winning better pay & conditions by organising together. ✊
Join our 1-day organising training to take power back!
📅 20 Oct | 🕙 10–4 | 📍 UVW Office, E1 5QJ
👉 Sign up: tinyurl.com/yeyv9mz4
From bar staff to hotel housekeepers, we are winning better pay & conditions by organising together. ✊
Join our 1-day organising training to take power back!
📅 20 Oct | 🕙 10–4 | 📍 UVW Office, E1 5QJ
👉 Sign up: tinyurl.com/yeyv9mz4
BREAKING ! 🚨 Re‑ballot opened on Wednesday at West End Quay as cleaners & concierges prepared for a fifth strike amid broken deals, surveillance allegations & union‑busting tactics. ✊🏽 Read more: uvwunion.org.uk/en/press-rel...
#UVW #WestEndQuay #StrikeAction
#UVW #WestEndQuay #StrikeAction
October 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
BREAKING ! 🚨 Re‑ballot opened on Wednesday at West End Quay as cleaners & concierges prepared for a fifth strike amid broken deals, surveillance allegations & union‑busting tactics. ✊🏽 Read more: uvwunion.org.uk/en/press-rel...
#UVW #WestEndQuay #StrikeAction
#UVW #WestEndQuay #StrikeAction
Concierge & Cleaners at West End Quay luxury apartments, Paddington, are on 10-day strike because bosses decided to RIP UP an agreement they themselves reached at ACAS!
And for what? To force workers to give up their legal right to negotiate under their union agreement in exchange for a pay rise!
And for what? To force workers to give up their legal right to negotiate under their union agreement in exchange for a pay rise!
September 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Concierge & Cleaners at West End Quay luxury apartments, Paddington, are on 10-day strike because bosses decided to RIP UP an agreement they themselves reached at ACAS!
And for what? To force workers to give up their legal right to negotiate under their union agreement in exchange for a pay rise!
And for what? To force workers to give up their legal right to negotiate under their union agreement in exchange for a pay rise!
🎥 WATCH: We just had to share this one! (Turn up the 🔊)
Last wknd Bar staff & hotel workers made history — the first hotel strike since 1979 + rare bar staff walkout.
This wknd? We shut Draughts Bar down AGAIN 🍻🔥 And trust us… we’re just getting started.
#UnionPower #FairPay #Solidarity
Last wknd Bar staff & hotel workers made history — the first hotel strike since 1979 + rare bar staff walkout.
This wknd? We shut Draughts Bar down AGAIN 🍻🔥 And trust us… we’re just getting started.
#UnionPower #FairPay #Solidarity
August 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🎥 WATCH: We just had to share this one! (Turn up the 🔊)
Last wknd Bar staff & hotel workers made history — the first hotel strike since 1979 + rare bar staff walkout.
This wknd? We shut Draughts Bar down AGAIN 🍻🔥 And trust us… we’re just getting started.
#UnionPower #FairPay #Solidarity
Last wknd Bar staff & hotel workers made history — the first hotel strike since 1979 + rare bar staff walkout.
This wknd? We shut Draughts Bar down AGAIN 🍻🔥 And trust us… we’re just getting started.
#UnionPower #FairPay #Solidarity
🎥 WATCH: NHS cleaners, porters & caterers at St Helier & Epsom hospitals confront the bosses during Board meeting— demanding equality after years on second-class contracts.
💥 Massive thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social for standing with them! #UVW #NHS #strike @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
💥 Massive thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social for standing with them! #UVW #NHS #strike @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🎥 WATCH: NHS cleaners, porters & caterers at St Helier & Epsom hospitals confront the bosses during Board meeting— demanding equality after years on second-class contracts.
💥 Massive thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social for standing with them! #UVW #NHS #strike @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
💥 Massive thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social for standing with them! #UVW #NHS #strike @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
🚨 98% YES! 🚨
300+ NHS cleaners, porters & caterers at St Helier & Epsom vote to STRIKE ✊🏽🔥
4+ yrs denied #NHS terms = lost £££, leave & dignity.
Mostly migrant, Black & brown workers say: Enough is enough! 💥
📢 Strike dates soon. #FairPay #UVW #NHSJustice
300+ NHS cleaners, porters & caterers at St Helier & Epsom vote to STRIKE ✊🏽🔥
4+ yrs denied #NHS terms = lost £££, leave & dignity.
Mostly migrant, Black & brown workers say: Enough is enough! 💥
📢 Strike dates soon. #FairPay #UVW #NHSJustice
August 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨 98% YES! 🚨
300+ NHS cleaners, porters & caterers at St Helier & Epsom vote to STRIKE ✊🏽🔥
4+ yrs denied #NHS terms = lost £££, leave & dignity.
Mostly migrant, Black & brown workers say: Enough is enough! 💥
📢 Strike dates soon. #FairPay #UVW #NHSJustice
300+ NHS cleaners, porters & caterers at St Helier & Epsom vote to STRIKE ✊🏽🔥
4+ yrs denied #NHS terms = lost £££, leave & dignity.
Mostly migrant, Black & brown workers say: Enough is enough! 💥
📢 Strike dates soon. #FairPay #UVW #NHSJustice
📢 HISTORIC STRIKE – JOIN THE PICKET LINE! ✊🔥
For the first time in nearly 50 years hotel housekeepers in the UK are going on strike and they’re not alone...
UVW members at Radisson Blu Hotel in Canary Wharf are joining forces with the bar staff from Draughts Games Bar! 💥💪💪
📍 WHERE TO BE: 👇
For the first time in nearly 50 years hotel housekeepers in the UK are going on strike and they’re not alone...
UVW members at Radisson Blu Hotel in Canary Wharf are joining forces with the bar staff from Draughts Games Bar! 💥💪💪
📍 WHERE TO BE: 👇
July 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📢 HISTORIC STRIKE – JOIN THE PICKET LINE! ✊🔥
For the first time in nearly 50 years hotel housekeepers in the UK are going on strike and they’re not alone...
UVW members at Radisson Blu Hotel in Canary Wharf are joining forces with the bar staff from Draughts Games Bar! 💥💪💪
📍 WHERE TO BE: 👇
For the first time in nearly 50 years hotel housekeepers in the UK are going on strike and they’re not alone...
UVW members at Radisson Blu Hotel in Canary Wharf are joining forces with the bar staff from Draughts Games Bar! 💥💪💪
📍 WHERE TO BE: 👇
MASSIVE WIN AT THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE! 🔥
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After five months of intense negotiations, UVW cleaners and security guards — mostly migrant workers — have DONE IT!
Without striking, UVW members negotiated like pros and WON... 👇🏽
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After five months of intense negotiations, UVW cleaners and security guards — mostly migrant workers — have DONE IT!
Without striking, UVW members negotiated like pros and WON... 👇🏽
July 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
MASSIVE WIN AT THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE! 🔥
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After five months of intense negotiations, UVW cleaners and security guards — mostly migrant workers — have DONE IT!
Without striking, UVW members negotiated like pros and WON... 👇🏽
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After five months of intense negotiations, UVW cleaners and security guards — mostly migrant workers — have DONE IT!
Without striking, UVW members negotiated like pros and WON... 👇🏽
The Solace strike planned for 29 July is cancelled.
We are hopeful @solacewomensaid.bsky.social 's agreement to work collaboratively w/ UVW towards a voluntary recognition deal marks the start of a long period of positive industrial relations between our organisations.
Watch this space.
We are hopeful @solacewomensaid.bsky.social 's agreement to work collaboratively w/ UVW towards a voluntary recognition deal marks the start of a long period of positive industrial relations between our organisations.
Watch this space.
July 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The Solace strike planned for 29 July is cancelled.
We are hopeful @solacewomensaid.bsky.social 's agreement to work collaboratively w/ UVW towards a voluntary recognition deal marks the start of a long period of positive industrial relations between our organisations.
Watch this space.
We are hopeful @solacewomensaid.bsky.social 's agreement to work collaboratively w/ UVW towards a voluntary recognition deal marks the start of a long period of positive industrial relations between our organisations.
Watch this space.
Art from the labour frontlines
🗓️ Wednesday 30 July, 6–9pm
📍 Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ
Come see powerful artwork made by low-paid, migrant and precarious workers as part of a unique project led by artist Ella Jones & union co-founder Dr Vera Weghmann.
🗓️ Wednesday 30 July, 6–9pm
📍 Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ
Come see powerful artwork made by low-paid, migrant and precarious workers as part of a unique project led by artist Ella Jones & union co-founder Dr Vera Weghmann.
July 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Art from the labour frontlines
🗓️ Wednesday 30 July, 6–9pm
📍 Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ
Come see powerful artwork made by low-paid, migrant and precarious workers as part of a unique project led by artist Ella Jones & union co-founder Dr Vera Weghmann.
🗓️ Wednesday 30 July, 6–9pm
📍 Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, E1 5QJ
Come see powerful artwork made by low-paid, migrant and precarious workers as part of a unique project led by artist Ella Jones & union co-founder Dr Vera Weghmann.
🎥 West End Quay workers hit the picket line!
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Check out a snippet of last weeks' 5 day strike of cleaners and concierge.
It's the second time in two years that workers at this luxury West London apartment complex have had to strike.
They are fed up with being watched by CCTV 24/7...
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Check out a snippet of last weeks' 5 day strike of cleaners and concierge.
It's the second time in two years that workers at this luxury West London apartment complex have had to strike.
They are fed up with being watched by CCTV 24/7...
July 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🎥 West End Quay workers hit the picket line!
1/
Check out a snippet of last weeks' 5 day strike of cleaners and concierge.
It's the second time in two years that workers at this luxury West London apartment complex have had to strike.
They are fed up with being watched by CCTV 24/7...
1/
Check out a snippet of last weeks' 5 day strike of cleaners and concierge.
It's the second time in two years that workers at this luxury West London apartment complex have had to strike.
They are fed up with being watched by CCTV 24/7...
🧵1/ 🚨 BREAKING: Solace Women’s Aid workers are going on STRIKE! 🚨
For the first time in the charity’s history, Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs) in Barnet & Tower Hamlets will walk out on 29 July.
#SolaceStrike #UnionRecognitionNow
For the first time in the charity’s history, Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs) in Barnet & Tower Hamlets will walk out on 29 July.
#SolaceStrike #UnionRecognitionNow
July 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🧵1/ 🚨 BREAKING: Solace Women’s Aid workers are going on STRIKE! 🚨
For the first time in the charity’s history, Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs) in Barnet & Tower Hamlets will walk out on 29 July.
#SolaceStrike #UnionRecognitionNow
For the first time in the charity’s history, Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs) in Barnet & Tower Hamlets will walk out on 29 July.
#SolaceStrike #UnionRecognitionNow
They painted over the mural. But they can’t erase the movement! 💪
On Monday, artist dukdukpaint honoured Draughts Games Bar workers fighting for dignity & respect at work with live art in Leake St
It was covered up hours later, but the message stands: Workers’ Rights are Human Rights! 🔥
On Monday, artist dukdukpaint honoured Draughts Games Bar workers fighting for dignity & respect at work with live art in Leake St
It was covered up hours later, but the message stands: Workers’ Rights are Human Rights! 🔥
July 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
They painted over the mural. But they can’t erase the movement! 💪
On Monday, artist dukdukpaint honoured Draughts Games Bar workers fighting for dignity & respect at work with live art in Leake St
It was covered up hours later, but the message stands: Workers’ Rights are Human Rights! 🔥
On Monday, artist dukdukpaint honoured Draughts Games Bar workers fighting for dignity & respect at work with live art in Leake St
It was covered up hours later, but the message stands: Workers’ Rights are Human Rights! 🔥