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UCW-CWA. A wall-to-wall union for every campus worker.
Joined March 2020
Tonight we are partnering with @cwaphew to launch a new report documenting the everyday impacts of right wing attacks on higher education workplaces. Read the report here: https://t.co/hMcjD1wwFN Ready to fight back? Let us know: https://t.co/zdRGNFhU7s 🔑findings, a 🧵:
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If you're moved by what you read in CWA PHEW's Report "Union Members Address Growing Rightwing Threat on Campus", let us know and we'll connect you with resources to help you and your coworkers...
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University management at ASU, NAU, and UA must REJECT Trump's higher ed compact. https://t.co/rYJ99jL6Y6
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We are your campus labor union. We are the United Campus Workers of Arizona, CWA Local 7065.
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CWA members have shared urgent concerns regarding ICE agents seeking access to worksites and employer actions related thereto. The CWA Legal Department is providing the following guidance for CWA Local officers and members: https://t.co/ELMvfF2oBD
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Today is May Day! Working people, including CWA members and retirees, will join events in over 100 cities to call for stronger neighborhoods, safer communities, and better wages for all working families. Find an event: https://t.co/ZAkVDNwGA9
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Be part of the national movement to protect our communities from attacks on immigrants, workers, and essential programs like Medicaid and Social Security by joining a May Day action this Thursday, May 1st. Read our press release and find events at https://t.co/3j5Hz9hDH0.
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Every year on April 28, Workers Memorial Day, we take time to remember workers who have died on the job from work-related accidents and illnesses, and we commit to fighting for safe work conditions and protections.
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Today, we joined students, staff, and faculty on campus at the University of Arizona to rally for DEI. We at UCWAZ CWA Local 7065 stand with higher education workers affected by the U of A's DEI Executive Order compliance. U of A does NOT comply! We are keeping DEI!
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Billionaires with power aren't going to use it to make your life better. They just make themselves richer.
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Workers cited the need for higher wages, adequate staffing, and workplace safety. FAMU is the first HBCU (Historically Black College/University) in Florida to join UCW-CWA!
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FAMU — welcome to the UCW family! Non-faculty staff at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University announced last week that they had established a union with the United Campus Workers-CWA Local 3821.
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Florida A&M University staff join the United Campus Workers! "I'm glad I have people that see the vision, that want to make things right. I always tell people there is strength in numbers. When we have strength in numbers, we get things done that way." https://t.co/AiGqfNepI7
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A new chapter of the United Campus Workers union at FAMU had its first public event Monday with 50 registered employees. It's aiming for higher pay and compensation they say they're missing from 2024.
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“Collective bargaining for higher education will allow us to focus on what we came here to do: making a bright future for our students.” — Harry Szabo, a teacher at Virginia Commonwealth University
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“People who are afraid of losing their housing or their jobs aren’t going to be as reliable for our students as people who know that their jobs are secure.”
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“We love our jobs and we don’t want to leave them. But we need to secure basic workplace protections if we’re going to be effective. Hungry people can’t teach well.”
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Key issues included: 📣 collective bargaining for public workers 📣 passing a bill to add worker representatives to the Board of Visitors for public universities 📣 delayed graduate worker pay 📣 the high cost of living near universities
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EDUCATION, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST FOR ALL! ✊🏽 Over 60 members and allies of United Campus Workers-CWA in Virginia traveled to Richmond earlier this month to lobby their legislators and rally together.
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As the Trump administration & many state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks on higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges & universities to resist the coming onslaught & defend the core values of higher education. đź§µ https://t.co/bpXiAVYVkH
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While administrators and faculty members may have to comply with legislation and court orders, even where these run counter to our values and to professional and constitutional principles, we are...
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