The only wall-to-wall higher ed union in Georgia.

Membership is open to all USG workers, including:

Workers in outsourced departments like Sodexo, Aramark, etc. are private sector employees and have the right to engage in collective bargaining with their employer.

Organizing at 20 out of 26 institutions...So far!

Not sure if your campus has a chapter? Contact an organizer to get connected or to start organizing at your workplace!

Being a wall-to-wall union means members across the state can work together on shared issues and coordinate lobbying efforts directed at the state legislature. Some committees include: 

Any member may organize with other members to form a statewide committee. Reach out to us at ucwga@ucw-cwa.org or check the calendar to learn more about statewide committee meetings.

News

Eboard Statement on Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson

The United Campus Workers of Georgia (UCWGA) Local 3265 considers the right of all workers to control health decisions about their bodies that do not affect other members of society to be sacrosanct and not the domain of elected or other government officials.

Eboard Statement on Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson

HB 1576: Public Sector Collective Bargaining in GA

UCWGA is proud to announce its support for House Bill 1576, which if enacted, would provide public sector workers with collective bargaining rights in the state of Georgia.  UCWGA wo

HB 1576: Public Sector Collective Bargaining in GA

Presidents' Report April 2022

After over thirty years without a cost of living adjustment, full-time University System of Georgia (USG) employees expect to see a significant increase in their paychecks as early as their April payday. Georgia legislators have included five thousand dollar salary raises for all full-time state employees, including benefitted USG employees.

Presidents' Report April 2022

TOBACCO SURCHARGE COMMITTEE ADVOCATES FOR CHANGES TO THE DEFAULT TOBACCO USER DESIGNATION

The problematic setup of this fee has cost employees thousands of dollars of their hard-earned paychecks. UCWGA members started this campaign to change the way workers are opted-in and to win refunds for all wrongly charged workers. Reach out to nonsmoker@kellner.space to join this campaign!

Not sure if you've been affected? Take these steps:

Take the pledge to demand dignity for part-time faculty!

Take the pledge to demand dignity for part-time faculty! 

UGA's graduate student committee leads the charge for public graduate student organizing in Georgia. Together with members of all job classes and graduate students at other schools they've spent years advocating for the end of the Special Institutional Fee. SIF is finally ending for all students in Georgia! Great work!!

 We can do a lot and have a proven track record of wins. 

To win widespread, long-lasting change workers must organize a supermajority of USG employees to demand fair compensation and working conditions for all. Put the U in UNION by joining UCWGA!