Check out some of the press coverage about our union and the work we’re doing!

2024 

As U. of Arizona Confronts Budget Cuts, Workers and Students Brace for the Worst (New York Times, 2024)

Campus Workers Protest at ABOR Meeting Against Controversial State Bills (Arizona State Press, 2024)

UCWAZ calls for Robbins and Rulney to resign (The Daily Wildcat, 2024)

U of A workers union: Robbins should resign immediately, not in 2026 (Arizona Daily Star, 2024)

United Campus Workers of Arizona rally at UA demanding shared governance and accountability from leadership (KGUN9, 2024)

2023
 

• New petition wants Turning Point banned from 2 Arizona universities (12/01/2023)

• UA students, staff rally over school’s reaction to money crisis, Israel, more (11/21/2023)

• Outraged UA community calls for audit, accountability amid shocking financial crisis (11/15/2023)

• This May Day, Let’s Celebrate the Campus Labor Movement (05/01/2023)

• Local Opinion: UA needs to focus on students, employees (02/25/2023)

• University of Arizona raises minimum wage to $15 an hour (01/20/2023)

2022
 

• ASU, UA workers petition schools for thriving wages, better job security (12/21/22)

• UA, ASU unions demand $25 an hour minimum wage, stronger teaching contracts (11/5/22)

• Leveling the Information Playing Field (5/20/22)

• Some call on University of Arizona to rethink in-person classes at semester's start (1/27/22)

• University of Arizona starts spring semester in-person despite pushback from faculty union (1/12/22)

• Universidades de Arizona implementan protocolos de seguridad para el regreso a clases (1/11/22)

• UCWAZ demand vaccine mandate, flexible learning options, hazard pay (1/11/22)

• UA will rely on tests, masks to slow spread of COVID-19 as classes begin this week (1/10/22)

• Arizona universities implement safety protocols as students return to campus (1/9/22)

• Union asking ASU, UA to go remote for start of spring semester (1/6/22)

• Amid COVID-19 surge, some UArizona faculty, students push for virtual start to semester (1/5/22)

• Arizona educators seek injunction on the ban of mask mandates (1/5/22)

2021
 

• Tim Steller's opinion: UA's reputation as employer demands repaying furlough money (12/28/21)

• ASU Is Joining UA in a Historic Move to Unionize (6/28/21)

• University of Arizona workers rally, call for stronger pandemic protocols (11/15/21)

• University of Arizona, ASU and NAU to require employees get vaccinated (11/15/21)

• UA professors: Ashford University is a bad deal for UA, students and community (11/4/21)

• UArizona president speaks about employee vaccine mandate (10/18/21)

• Arizona universities to require COVID-19 vaccination for employees, including student workers (10/15/21)

• Maricopa judge strikes down Arizona’s 'unconstitutional' mask and vaccine mandate bans (9/29/21)

• Arizona educators file for injunction to block bills that ban mask, vaccine mandates (8/24/21)

• ASU Union is Pushing for Change Despite Lack of Recognition From Administration (3/15/21)

• ASU Workers Demand Remote Learning, Access To Vaccines (1/10/21)

• The Pandemic is Sparking a Wave of Union Drives on College Campuses (2/15/21)

• ASU Employees Forming Union Hope To Engage With University Quickly (1/6/21)

2020
 

• ASU Employees Form Union To Lift Their Voices, Concerns Amid Pandemic (12/23/20)

• Arizona State University workers go union, found United Campus Workers chapter (12/22/20)

• Arizona State University workers join UA in historic decision to unionize (12/21/20)

• ASU Workers Announce They Are Forming a Union (12/17/20)

• Unpacking the Arizona-Ashford Deal (9/15/20)

• UArizona faculty, staff officially launch labor union (9/7/20)

• Arizona-Ashford Backlash Begins (8/4/20)

• Report: 'No Need' To Furlough, Lay Off University Of Arizona Employees Despite Projected Losses (6/26/20)