UCW Kentucky

We are building power for ALL campus workers in Kentucky.

We represent the interests of college and university employees across the entire state, including faculty, staff, healthcare workers, facilities workers, and graduate workers. Join the union now to win changes in higher education throughout the Commonwealth!
You can register as a member online or contact us directly for a paper form.

To learn more, contact our organizer, Zeke Perkins, at (845) 217-4137, or contact the union Steering Committee at [email protected].

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‘I don’t want to feel unsafe at work.’ UK union presses for COVID-related benefits

This article was originally published the Lexington Herald-Leader November 12, 2020 06:54 PM, Updated November 12, 2020 07:32 PM

Close to 50 students, faculty and staff marched the concrete pathways of the University of Kentucky campus Thursday to protest for COVID-19-related hazard pay, greater teleworking flexibility and a meeting with UK President Eli Capilouto.

When Staff Get Sick: The University of Kentucky has seen 103 cases of COVID-19 among employees. What accounts for those numbers?

This article originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed on September 30th, 2020.

UK Worker Group demands enhanced safety, health measures

This article was Posted at 10:21 PM, Nov 12, 2020 and last updated 11:40 PM, Nov 12, 2020 by LEX18

UCW continues calls for change with march through campus

This article was originally published by KY Kernel on Nov 12, 2020.

Black Workers and the University: Black workers at universities are among the most vulnerable people on campuses. But they often are left out of conversations about racial justice.

This article originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed on October , 2020.

Donald Moore has worked as a custodian at the University of Kentucky for nearly two decades. He likes the job and his coworkers.

“I love being there, servicing students,” he said. “Being of service to somebody else is the main focus of being there.”

But after 19 years, Moore still makes less than $15 an hour. He is 57.

Campus union continues petitions for Capilouto meeting, COVID-19 safety measures

This article originally appeared in the Kentucky Kernel on October 22, 2020.

Campus workers in the right-to-work South are fighting for COVID-19 conditions and beyond

This story originally appeared in Scalawag.

What role did UK's dorm partner play in the fall reopening? Campus union, local groups demand transparency

This story originally appeared in the Kentucky Kernel.

UK's newest campus union, along with other campus and local groups, is concerned that the university's contractual obligations, not the best interests of the campus community, may be what's keeping campus open. 

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