Media Coverage of United Campus Workers

This page will contain links to news coverage of United Campus Workers.  To share with us a story featuring UCW-CWA that is not listed on this page, please email organize@ucw-cwa.org and we'll make sure it gets up here.  This page is an ongoing work in progress!

April 2011

Knoxville area coverage

• "Unemployed state workers picket for jobs"- WVLT, 4-15-2011
• "UCW-CWA on Campus"- Pellissippi Press, 4-15-2011 

March 2011

Coverage of the March 15th Rally for Good Jobs, Living Wages, and our Public Services

• "The typically evasive Bill Haslam gets specific about the gloomy the state of the state"- Nashville Scene, 3-17-2011

• "Unions Rally at Capitol to Support TEA, Themselves"- WPLN, Nashville Public Radio, 3-15-2011

Tn Tech Coverage

• "Rally highlights concern over TTU custodian outsourcing"- Herald Citizen, 3-19-2011
• "Community rallies for custodians"- TN Tech Oracle, 3-18-2011

February 2011

Memphis Coverage

• "Fear and unity"- University of Memphis Daily Helmsman, 2-1-2011

January 2011

Memphis Coverage

• "University of Memphis workers pray for a pay hike"- Memphis Commercial Appeal, 1-23-2011

• "Supporters of living wage fear legislators will try to pre-empt living wage laws"- WHNT Channel 19

December 2010

Memphis coverage

• Vigil for a living wage: asking our legislators to do their part"- Workers Interfaith Network Blog, 12-15-2010

Statewide coverage

• Tom Anderson featured at Excluded Workers Congress, 12-26-2010

• "Excluded Workers Unite to Expand the Human Right to Organize"- Jobs with Justice Blog, 12-10-2010

November 2010

Memphis coverage

• "PSA seeks higher staff wages."- University of Memphis Daily Helmsman, 11-24-2010"

UT coverage

• "UT leaders: Raises a priority."- Knoxville News Sentinel, 11-14-2010"

• "UT campus workers object to three years without raises"- Knoxville News Sentinel, 11-10-2010"

TN Tech coverage

• "Tech custodians reassigned to third shift"-Oracle, 11-12-2010
   

October 2010 

Pellissippi State coverage

• "United Campus Workers Visits Pellissippi"- Pellissippi Press, 10-28-2010

University of Memphis Coverage

• Daily Helmsman's 10-27 Article on the University of Memphis Living Wage Speakout!

August 2010

• "UTHSC cuts 33 employees"- Memphis Commercial Appeal, 8-12-2010"