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Across Virginia, United Campus Workers have made great strides in improving their working conditions and getting paid what they’re owed. Through collective action, campus workers from all job classifications have been able to stand together, fight, and win.

Spring 2021
VCU
Saved 6 faculty jobs in the VCU Department of Focused Inquiry
Spring 2021
VCU
Won $100/credit hour raise for VCU adjuncts
Spring 2021
UVA
Won a graduate worker stipend raise from $22,000 to $30,000 in the UVA Anthropology department
Summer 2021
UVA
Reinstatement of PhD Advisor

After working with her PhD Advisor for four years, Rosa Hamilton was told her advisor would be removed from her committee. Rosa's union fought alongside her and won reinstatement of her advisor.

Summer 2021
Defeated the retaliation for saving VCU faculty jobs in Focused Inquiry the previous Spring
Spring 2022
UVA
Won clear terms and conditions for GTAs in the UVA English department
Spring 2022
W&M
Won $1,000 raise for all Global Research Institute(GRI) workers at W&M.
Spring 2022
W&M
Won 7% raise for W&M University Marketing Video team
Spring 2022
W&M
W&M Arts & Sciences Grad Workers won $2,000 in stipend raises and at least 75% healthcare premium coverage.
Spring 2022
UVA
Won wages instead of waivers for undergraduate workers and $2 raise for graduate workers in the UVA Architecture School
Fall 2022
W&M
Successfully pressured the W&M Law School to change its externship policy that required 75% of extern work to be in person. The school now allows 100% remote externships
November 2022
UVA
Ended an unjust policy creating financial hardship for graduate workers in the UVA Architecture School

Read the write-up here.

January 2023
UVA
Won immediate payment of missing December stipend payments for graduate students across the UVA Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as the promise of reimbursement of late fees on any bills missed, the creation of a task force to investigate the problem, and a promise from the Provost to rectify the issue before the next stipend payments were set up.
March 2023
VCU
Won the resumption of graduate worker stipend payments, and return to biweekly payments from lump sum payments for graduate workers in the VCU Integrative Life Sciences program
May 2023
VCU
Won funding for the otherwise unfunded third year cohort of graduate workers in the VCU Art Education PhD program
May 2023
VCU
Won funding to renovate Johnson Hall at VCU, which had been closed for two years due to mold
June 2023
VCU
Won salary increase to 90% market rate for VCU advising staff, increasing the incoming advisor salary from $40,000/yr to $51,000/yr

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