United Campus Workers of Virginia is a wall-to-wall union organizing public college and university workers across Virginia. We are Local 2265 of Communications Workers of America. Our union currently comprises 3 chapters at University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and The College of William & Mary. All Virginia state higher education workers who are not executive administration, representatives of HR, and law enforcement are eligible to join.
We welcome inquiries from the media regarding our campaigns. Please contact our Strategic Communications Committee at stratcom2265@ucw-cwa.org.
A delegation of graduate student worker members of UCW-VA met with Provost Ian Baucom about our ongoing collective effort to end graduate worker wage insecurity
A delegation of grad workers and the president of UVA Student Council met with Provost Baucom and Vice Provosts Phil Trella and Brie Gertler.
Charlottesville – We are proud to share that as a result of us taking collective action, some graduate student workers who were not paid earlier this
Dozens of graduate student workers at UVa have not been paid their stipends–the income we depend on to survive. Most graduate workers live paycheck to
Shared governance in public institutions of higher education must be grounded in the ability of our constituents to exercise meaningful democratic control over decision-making that
Since 2015, the Faculty Senate at the University of Virginia (an advisory body made up of elected or appointed faculty from all different departments in
Nathan Romans and Laura Ornée of United Campus Workers of Virginia joined UCW members from across the nation for an “organizing blitz” at the University
Richmond, VA: UCWVA has launched our first statewide campaign – Childcare For All. Have you ever had to decide between returning to work or being
UCWVA-UVA has released a petition signed by hundreds of grad students demanding clear terms of employment, a living wage, and better healthcare and is calling
Calling all UVA graduate student workers: join us at a virtual Rally for Respect on April 21st at 5:30pm EST!
