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Statement of Support for Asian and AAPI Communities

UCWVA members continue to grieve the murders of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Julie Park, Hyeon Jeon

Statement of Support for Defund Charlottesville Police

A Statement of Support for Defund Charlottesville Police's demands regarding the events of Nov. 15/16th:

[Press Release] UVA Has The Money

United Campus Workers of Virginia at UVA (UCWVA-UVA)              

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[Press Release] Hospital Employees Begin to Unionize

For Immediate Release: 11/12/2020

United Campus Workers of Virginia at UVA (UCWVA-UVA)              

[email protected]

Hospital Employees Begin to Unionize

United Campus Workers at UVA is surveying hospital workers to better understand hospital working conditions and concerns

UCWVA-UVA Holds Mapping Training on How to Organize Your Workplace

Mapping Training

On November 2, 2020, UCWVA-UVA held a training workshop for union members on how to systematically organize workplaces and departments at public colleges and universities in the Commonwealth. Members discussed essential organizing skills such as: charting your worksite, identifying organic leaders, and conducting systematic and effective recruitment.

UCWVA-UVA Distributes Free N95 Masks and Filters to Frontline Workers Using Mutual Aid Fund

UCWVA-UVA used its mutual aid fund to distribute N95 masks and carbon filters to UVA frontline workers this Saturday, October 17th. The action was made possible by enthusiastic community support for our GoFundMe, which has raised over $1700 since being launched last month.

Open Letter from UCWVA-UVA Library Staff Members

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We believe that UVa Library should immediately close all Library buildings both to the public and to workers and staff. It must do this in order to ensure the safety of all workers and users. The Library can follow the example of MIT, CUNY, and other universities in relying on virtual services, which it is well-equipped to do, during the duration of the pandemic.

UCWVA-UVA Holds First Organizing Training for Recruiting New Members

One-on-One Union Organizing Training

On September 14, members of United Campus Workers of Virginia at UVA held its first organizing training for recruiting new members. The training outlines how to conduct a structured organizing conversation, and walks through how to have effective organizing conversations to recruit new members and build worker power at UVA.

- How do I gauge my coworkers' issues and concerns?
- How do I respond to common pushback against joining the union?
- How do we organize effectively over social media and digital communication?

Talk to your friends and coworkers, and organize!

UVA Profits Off of Faulty Masks, Selling Carbon Filters At Huge Markup

Press Release: UCWVA-UVA Launches GoFundMe for Mutual Aid, Will Distribute PPE and Emergency Aid

United Campus Workers of Virginia at UVA (UCWVA-UVA) has announced it is partnering with student groups to solicit financial and in-kind donations to provide frontline campus workers with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and, in case of renewed furloughs and layoffs as the semester advances, emergency aid. UVA Mutual Aid, UVA Young Democratic Socialists of America, and UCWVA-UVA are organizing this effort, which hopes to collect $3,000 by September 16, to be extended as necessary.

UCWVA-UVA Holds Labor Day Teach-In, "Lessons from Labor History at UVA"

Labor Day 2020 Teach-In: "Lessons from Labor History at UVA"

On Labor Day 2020, UCWVA-UVA's Labor History Working Group gave a virtual teach-in on the history of labor activism at UVA and what our current unionization movement can learn from it. The key questions: how did things get this way, and what can we learn from the past to make the future better?