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UCWGA Budget Committee

This is the monthly meeting of the state-wide Budget Committee. The previous month's expenditures are summarized and future expenditures are discussed. This meeting is open to any UCWGA member who wants to get more involved in this critical aspect of UCWGA's functioning. 

The Budget Committee meets on the first Thursday of each month. Email [email protected] for zoom link.

New GSW Chapter sends open letter to leadership

Workers at Georgia Southwestern recently delivered an open letter to President Weaver and Provost Smith urging them to advocate for a USG mask mandate and to model responsible mask wearing behavior. Sign on in support here. 

Coronavirus on campus: maybe we’ll get lucky........ Or maybe we won’t.

If we’ve learned nothing else this past year, it’s that the virus doesn’t care about our wishes and expectations. Even now, as Americans begin to relax due to the availability of the vaccines in the USA, the global pandemic is far from over. Dangerous and unpredictable new variants keep emerging, and could easily find their way into local communities in the USA. Fortunately, the vaccines seem to be effective against the new strains so far, but there are no guarantees that this won’t change.

Just Released: UCWGA Jobs Loss Report

UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA JOB CUTS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BLACK EMPLOYEES, SERVICE AND CLERICAL WORKERS AND PART-TIME FACULTY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

University System of Georgia Cuts Jobs During Pandemic Despite Strong Financial Position + Significant Federal Aid -- Management Positions Resilient

USG workers speak out ahead of May Day!

UCW members from across that state took time this week to speak out.  Our employers evaluate us all the time so we took a moment to "grade" them too!  The result?  The Board of Regents got an F in all three categories: worker's equity, dignity and safety.  Check out some of the images from our actions!

Statewide Call

We will be discussing some of the ongoing COVID safety work, a solidarity campaign with part-time USG employees not receiving the 1K bonuses, and a regional collaboration event coming up the following Saturday along with chapter updates. 

Zoom information

Topic: March State-wide Call

UCWGA-CWA Members Release New Documents Showing How Private Dorm Contractor Corvias Pressured Schools to Reopen During the Pandemic and Forced Georgia Universities to Foot the Bill for Costs Already Covered by Multi-Billion Dollar Contract

On March 10, 2021, UCWGA members held a virtual press briefing to unveil documents obtained through open records requests that expose how Corvias, a private real estate construction, development, and management company that has a multibillion dollar student housing contract with USG, lobbied eight universities across the country to reopen during the pandemic and failed to provide services covered by its contract with USG.

Gender Equity Committee

The Gender Equity Committee is a statewide committee working to respond to gender-related issues such as pay inequity, LGBTQIA and gender discrimination,  inadequate childcare, promotion inequities, and the gender and racial division of labor on our campuses. Anyone interested in attending can email [email protected] and contact [email protected] to get added to our Slack channel.