Please join the ACLC in supporting our brothers and sisters at UF!
Monday, November 15, 2021, 12 Noon
Plaza of the Americas, University of Florida, Gainesville
After decades of not having a voice, and a year and a half of working through a global pandemic, staff and adjuncts of the University of Florida are proud to announce the creation of United Campus Workers of Florida (UCW UF), members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). UCW UF has released a summary of their platform which includes: a collective voice, fairness and equity, and cost of living raises and living wages.
“Now we will be speaking for ourselves, as One UF,” says Kestrel Ward, UF library employee, “A top 5 university requires a top 5 union to represent the interests of those who make such standing possible, the workers.”
Employees are seeking greater fairness and equity in all aspects of their jobs, from hiring and retention to benefits and pay. “How a worker is treated should depend on their performance of the job alone, not on who they know or how powerful they are already,” says Trevor Freimuth, UF employee. “We demand greater transparency across UF as a whole, and a commitment to do away with practices such as fast-tracking politically convenient candidates in the hiring process or wage disparity across units.”
At a time when inflation and housing costs are on the rise, UCW UF urges the university to address issues of pay. “During 18 months of the pandemic we never let UF down, we showed up. We deserve to be compensated fairly.” said UF custodian Dennis Allen.
UCW UF is growing daily and calls on the UF administration to voluntarily meet with our union, and looks forward to working with other unions on campus to make UF a top 5 university to work for.
Contact UCW UF Members: Hillary Carter, 352-448-5404 and Trevor Freimuth, 352-525-0074; unitedUF@ucw-cwa.org
UCW UF is a collective voice for all TEAMS, OPS, CARE, and Adjunct Faculty who are currently unheard and unheeded. Our union champions equity, solidarity, democracy, and the common good of the Campus Community.
United Campus Workers-CWA is building a powerful voice for higher education employees across the South. UCW has locals and chapters in Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, and now Florida.
