Who We Are

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We are YOUR campus labor union.

 

United Campus Workers of Arizona (UCWAZ) CWA Local 7065 is a member-led organization of and for higher education workers at Arizona State University (ASU), Northern Arizona University (NAU), the University of Arizona (UA), and the Maricopa County Community Colleges District (MCCCD). We unite faculty, staff, and students wall-to-wall across Arizona to build the strongest possible grassroots organization. Together, we have the strength to speak effectively to the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), the Maricopa Governing Board, and in our offices, facilities, and institutions.

 

Our History

 

We were founded in 2020 as the Coalition for Academic Justice (CAJUA) at UA, and the Community of Care Coalition (ASUCCC) at ASU, in response to university mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic on Arizona’s campuses. On September 1st, 2020, workers voted to affiliate with the national union Communications Workers of America (CWA) and thus United Campus Workers of Arizona was born. Workers at ASU began to organize with us in December 2021; workers at NAU voted to affiliate with us in 2024; MCCCD workers joined most recently in the winter of 2025.

 

 

You can read more about our history as CAJUA on our University of Arizona chapter page.
Our History as CAJUA at UA

 

Connection to CWA

 

United Campus Workers are a series of locals in Arizona, Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin, all part of the Communication Workers of America's (CWA) Public, Healthcare & Education Workers (PHEW) unit of more than 140,000+ public sector workers across the country. More broadly, CWA locals represent 700,000+ workers in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, flight attendants, journalists, tech workers. 

 

You can read more about United Campus Workers and find a local in your state here, or by clicking the button below.

 

United Campus Workers

 

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