United Campus Workers of Georgia Protest Unsafe Reopening of Campuses

This week, members of the United Campus Workers of Georgia-CWA (UCWGA-CWA) held a week of action to protest the unsafe reopening of campuses. UCWGA-CWA members called for the Board of Regents to set policies that allow a safer and more equitable return to campus during the pandemic, including providing masks, not requiring face-to-face interaction in the Fall, and providing free COVID-19 testing for the entire campus community. UCWGA-CWA includes staff, faculty, and students on University System of Georgia (USG) campuses.

USG has made national headlines lately, and not in a good way. Recently revealed documents show that USG's private housing "partner," Corvias Campus Living, LLC, is pressuring the USG Board of Regents to prematurely open campuses, putting students, workers, and communities at risk. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) have asked Corvias for more information about the nature of its partnerships at USG and other campuses across the country. Corvias opposes the idea of students studying remotely or reducing dorm capacity because it will lose money if USG dorms are empty.

UCWGA-CWA members held a week of action where they protested the unsafe reopening of campuses across the state.