A RALLY has been called to defend jobs at Solace Women’s Aid in the east London borough of Tower Hamlets from threatened redundancies, the United Voices of the World (UVW) union announced today. 

Domestic abuse support workers have been told they will be cut by a third in the borough, which has London’s second-highest rate of domestic abuse, the union said.

UVW also said that bosses “appear to be attempting” union-busting after they reportedly contacted workers who appeared in a photograph published by the union, claiming that social media policy may have been breached and implying that disciplinary action could follow.