A union of ASU students, faculty and staff is petitioning the University to pay all campus workers at least $25 an hour by 2025 and increase job security for faculty on short-term contracts.
University Campus Workers of Arizona is a union made up of campus workers from ASU and UA. It is circulating two ASU-related petitions.
One petition demands the University create better working conditions, including equitable pathways to promotion, more multi-year contracts and a fair grievance process for terminated contracts. Their second petition is focused on increasing the pay for all campus workers to a base-wage of $25 an hour, or the salaried equivalent, by 2025.
State law does not require the University to pay workers on campus Arizona's hourly minimum wage of $13.85.
UCWA wants 1,000 signatures before delivering the petitions to ASU President Michael Crow and the Arizona Board of Regents. So far, it has collected over 750 signatures since its Labor Day launch of the campaign.
The Young Democratic Socialists of America at ASU support the $25 by 2025 campaign.
YDSA Chair Samuel Ndinjiakat said the student organization started working with the union in September to gather more signatures and recruit more UCWA members. He said the union is focused on ensuring faculty's ability to "know that you are secure in your work and the path you want to take."
"A lot of professors specifically talk about their ability to teach and their ability to live," Ndinjiakat said. "...Whether that...
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