A University of 蜜柚直播 campus coalition says it is moving forward with plans to form a union in response to furlough and reopening plans actions taken by the administration during the pandemic.
There鈥檚 been unsuccessful attempts to work with the administration regarding reentry and furlough plans throughout the spring and summer, says the Coalition for Academic Justice, consisting of more than 500 group of staff, student and faculty employees.
Their unionization plans were confirmed July 30, after 96% of the organization鈥檚 voters favored moving forward.
The coalition that formed in April says it will create a 鈥渨all-to-wall鈥 union for staff, graduate students and faculty.
鈥淭he campus community at the UA will be backed by a permanent organization that collectively and publicly defends the values of our land grant university, with its public mission to educate more than 40,000 students, to use knowledge for the public good, and to treat its employees respectfully and collaboratively,鈥 the coalition said.
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The union will organize as a branch of the United Campus Workers in association with the Communications Workers of America, which claims it represents 700,000 workers in private and public sector employment.
The UA administration鈥檚 furlough plan was to go into effect Monday, leading to pay cuts for workers making $44,500 or more.
There have already been more than 280 layoffs and non-renewals, according to the coalition. The organization hoped to delay the plan until Sept.8 as they searched for alternatives.
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鈥淭hirty percent of staff are very worried about losing their jobs. This has created enormous stress during the pandemic,鈥 said Carol Brochin, associate professor in the College of Education, noting that staff make up a majority of workers on campus.
Brochin added: 鈥淭hey are afraid they鈥檒l lose benefits like health insurance. Less than a quarter of the staff are satisfied with our current furlough plan, and 25% will likely seek new employment if the furlough plan is implemented.鈥
The coalition is continuing to call for a slower approach to campus reentry plans after the administration announced that by Sept. 8, they hope to have 鈥 at peak periods 鈥 25,000 to 30,000 people on campus during the week.
鈥淚ntroducing thousands of people into the close proximity that is the reality of campus life is to force all of 蜜柚直播 to be exposed,鈥 Kat Rodriguez, an alumnus of the University of 蜜柚直播 and spouse of a UA employee, wrote in a statement.
The recent purchase of for-profit Ashford University has brought additional concerns from the coalition. The UA will create a separate, online entity called University of 蜜柚直播 Global Campus.
鈥淚t is clear that faculty are extremely concerned about the consequences of this new campus and agreement, and they are dismayed that only an elite group of faculty and a handful of staff were consulted about the venture,鈥 the coalition said.
The administration said the use of non-disclosure agreements prevented leaks of information from occurring that could have disrupted the deal.
During a news conference Thursday, President Robert Robbins said he supports the coalition鈥檚 decision.
鈥淚 support the faculty to have self determination, and if they think unionization is the way they want to go, I fully support whatever the faculty choose to do,鈥 Robbins said.
It鈥檒l take at least 50 members to get the group formed, according to the coalition.
鈥淭here is no time like the present for a union to defend the future of higher education in 蜜柚直播. Our organization unites the campus community together around our shared values and mission,鈥 the coalition said.
However, the 蜜柚直播 Board of Regents鈥 policy states: 鈥淭he Board does not oppose labor organization membership of employees as such membership is their right and in no way affects their employment relationship, but the Board, as a public employer 鈥 does not have legal authority to recognize a labor organization as the employees鈥 agent for purposes of collective bargaining.鈥
Still the coalition says it stands ready to support a 鈥渂road-based group鈥 across the campus.
鈥淚n solidarity with other academic unions across the nation, we stand ready to struggle for inclusive and democratic academic justice in our communities in 蜜柚直播. Our students, faculty, families, workers and community deserve nothing less,鈥 the coalition said.
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University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Old Main, the original building on the campus of the University of 蜜柚直播.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

University of 蜜柚直播 students on the steps of Old Main. 1896. HP-168
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Hushed conversations and the rustling of papers were replaced by silence in the main reading room of the old University of 蜜柚直播 Library at 1013 E. University Blvd. On Feb. 25, 1977, the building stood empty as its collections had been moved down the street to the new UA library. Construction on the original building was begun in 1924, and cost $475,000. Three subsequent additions to the building brought the square footage up to 97,000, but its library days were over. The 蜜柚直播 State Museum moved into the space.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

UA students, circa 1891 to 1900.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

University of 蜜柚直播 Old Main 1891. University of 蜜柚直播 Library Special Collections. HP-165
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

University of 蜜柚直播 students spilled out of their fraternities and dormitories for an impromptu snowball fight during the first snowfall in five years, in February 1956. From the book "Jack Sheaffer's 蜜柚直播 1945-1965."
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

The University of 蜜柚直播's second official infirmary was a low-slung red-brick building constructed in 1936 on the site of a former military barracks.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Soldiers training for World War I were among the first to use the University of 蜜柚直播's first official infirmary. Started in 1919, the infirmary occupied the former home of Reuben R. Schweitzer. Today, the site is occupied by the Koffler Building.
Robert F. Kennedy visit to 蜜柚直播

Robert F. Kennedy at the University of 蜜柚直播 during his campaign tour. March 29, 1968.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Students in 1968 exit the UA's infirmary, which underwent a "face lift" the year before that included a new emergency room and accommodations for 50 beds. The building now houses the Sonett Space Sciences Building.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

A 1927 view of the square outside the University of 蜜柚直播 Main Gate. The drug store stands on the corner of University and Park Avenue.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

The University of 蜜柚直播 cavalry.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Members of the athletic staff at the University of 蜜柚直播 pose on Jan. 11, 1966 at the Washington meeting of the National Collegiate Athletic Association with Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and his brother, Rep. Morris Udall, D-Ariz. From left are: Dick Clausen, the University's athletic director; Secretary Udall; Rep. Udall; and Thomas Hall, faculty athletic representative at the 蜜柚直播 University. The Udall brothers are from 蜜柚直播 and graduates of the University of 蜜柚直播.聽
UA athletic directors

1914-57 鈥 Hank Leiber with James Fred "Pop" McKale in the 1930s, the University of 蜜柚直播's most-famous coach and first official athletic director. During that time he was twice the baseball coach, and served stints as basketball and football coach. He is a charter member of the 蜜柚直播 Sports Hall of Fame.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

McKale Center from the air in 1976.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

McKale Center under construction on June 9, 1971.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

South Hall, University of 蜜柚直播, 1901.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Students prepare to whitewash the "A" on Sentinel Peak, also known as "A" Mountain, Sept. 19, 1954.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

U.S. Navy occupied Bear Down Gym during WWII. University of 蜜柚直播 Library Special Collections. HP-173
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Jubilant University of 蜜柚直播 players hold their NCAA College Baseball World Series trophy over their heads in victory at Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, June 19, 1976. 蜜柚直播 defeated Eastern Michigan, 7-1, to take the 30th National NCAA crown. (AP Photo/Larry Stoddard)
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

The empty desert stretches out beyond the 40-acre University of 蜜柚直播 campus in 1922. The buildings identified are (1) Engineering College, built in 1919; (2) Old Main, built in 1891; and (3) 蜜柚直播 Hall, a dormitory built in 1922. Today the campus has expanded to 180 acres from Park Avenue area to Campbell Avenue. Speedway cuts diagonally across the pictures. The intersection of Speedway and Campbell is marked.
University of 蜜柚直播 Homecoming

1943: Football was suspended in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II. The Desert yearbook published pages of snapshots of former Wildcats now serving in the military. The campus became home to U.S. Navy cadet pilots, who lived in Yavapai Hall, had classroom instruction campus and flight instruction Gilpin Airfield at Kino and I-10, which is now home to Costco and Walmart.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

The Steward Observatory, July 1920. Courtesy University of 蜜柚直播 library special collections department.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

The Steward Observatory circa 1928. Courtesy University of 蜜柚直播 special collections.
UA Rush Week in 1968

Sorority sisters pose for a picture during Rush Week at University of 蜜柚直播 in Sept. 1968.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

The Old University of 蜜柚直播 Library.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

A 1929 view of the square outside the University of 蜜柚直播 Main Gate looking towards downtown 蜜柚直播. The photo was taken from the library's upper floor.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Nils V. "Swede" Nelson, left, shows Art Luppino the "good sportsmanship" award he will receive at dinner given by the Gridiron Club of Boston on Jan. 8, 1955. Luppino, University of 蜜柚直播 tailback and one of the highest college scorers the nation has ever produced, was voted the award by sportswriters across the nation. It was the ninth award presented by Nelson, onetime Harvard football great. (AP Photo/Peter J. Carroll)
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

The beginning of construction of McKale Center dated January 1971, courtesy of the University of 蜜柚直播 Special Collections.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Dr. Jack C. Copeland holds a Jarvik-7 artificial heart in the operating room of the University of 蜜柚直播 Medical Center in 蜜柚直播, Ariz., on June 26, 1989. (AP Photo/Steve Mecker)
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

ARCHIVE PHOTO - Aerial view University of 蜜柚直播, Bear Down building. February 14, 1929 at 11:05 am.
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

ARCHIVE PHOTO - Aerial view University of 蜜柚直播, Bear Down building and field. Taken at 9:55 am. February 14, 1929.聽
1997 NCAA Championship: 蜜柚直播 vs. Kentucky

UA coach Lute Olson hold the Division I NCAA Championship trophy with his team from left; Jason Lee, Miles Simon, Jason Terry, Lute, Justin Wessel, and Bennett Davison after they defeated Kentucky in the Final Four in Indianapolis.聽
Lute Olson

蜜柚直播 men's basketball coach Lute Olson holds up the NCAA trophy in front of 30,000 fans inside 蜜柚直播 stadium at the University of 蜜柚直播 in 蜜柚直播, Ariz., Tuesday, April 1, 1997.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 in history

Comedian Jay Leno, right, gives University of 蜜柚直播 head coach Lute Olson a can of "Lute Spray" for his snow-white hair during a taping of the "Tonight Show With Jay Leno," Wednesday, April 2, 1997, at NBC studios in Burbank, California. Olson and his team won the National Championship at the NCAA on Monday against Kentucky.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 homecoming

University of 蜜柚直播 Homecoming

Nothing like a little deadline pressure in 1963: Gamma Phi Beta sorority members Carole Martin, left, Jackie Ellis and Sharon Boles prepare parts of their Homecoming float for the next day's parade.
Stewart Udall

Stewart Udall, secretary of the interior under Pres. Lyndon Johnson, speaks to students at the University of 蜜柚直播 in October, 1968. Udall was a UA graduate. He was stumping for Sen. Hubert Humprhey, the Democratic nominee running for president against Republic Richard Nixon. Udall was one of history's best interior secretaries, working under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, from 1961-69. His brother Morris "Mo" Udall was the beloved U.S. congressman from Southern 蜜柚直播. He son Tom is a U.S. senator from New Mexico.
蜜柚直播 State College

Kappa Sigma fraternity members won first place in the 1958 University of 蜜柚直播 Homecoming Parade 鈥淧roposition 200鈥 category with a funeral procession in protest of the controversial ballot initiative to change the name of 蜜柚直播 State College in Tempe to 蜜柚直播 State University.
Julian Bond at University of 蜜柚直播

Civil rights leader Julian Bond ponders a questions while talking in the student union at the University of 蜜柚直播 on Nov. 21, 1968. "The war in Vietnam takes black young men, in ever larger numbers, so crippled in life that they think it better than living in Harlem. With their white comrades, they burn down houses in a war 8,000 miles from home, but cannot live with whites at home."
Kennedy-Johnson presidential campaign in 1960

Lyndon B. Johnson, at the University of 蜜柚直播, shepherded social issues through Congress as president, but the GOP took over after he left office.
Sonora Hall at University of 蜜柚直播

Anne Waaser of Syracuse, NY. checks here snow skis, hoping for a good winter on Mt. Lemmon. Coeds Bonnie Rahod from Oak Park, Ill., Mary Ellen Frost of Munster, Ind., Anne Waaser of Syracuse, NY., and Ann Page of Las Vegas, NV., shared a dorm room at Sonora Hall at the University of 蜜柚直播 in 1973.
University of 蜜柚直播 Homecoming

"Flush Marquette" float in the 1957 UA Homecoming parade in downtown 蜜柚直播.
A-7D Corsair II jet fighter crash

Davis Monthan Air Force Base firefighters spray the area around the engine of an A-7D Corsair II jet fighter after it crashed near the University of 蜜柚直播 on October 26, 1978 as it was approaching D-M. It crashed on to North Highland Avenue near East Sixth Street missing Mansfeld Junior High School, background, and the UA. A car carrying two sisters was engulfed in flames killing both women. The pilot safely ejected.聽
College World Series

蜜柚直播 baseball coach Jerry Kindall, left, celebrates with Chip Hale after 蜜柚直播 beat Florida State 10-2 on June 9, 1986 to win the NCAA College World Series in Omaha.聽
蜜柚直播 Wildcats win College World Series

蜜柚直播 players dog pile on each other following their 4-1 victory over South Carolina in Game 2 to win the NCAA College World Series championship in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 25, 2012.聽
Steve Kerr

University of 蜜柚直播 basketball coach Lute Olson with starting guard Steve Kerr in during a campus celebration of the team's 1988 NCAA Final Four appearance.
Savannah Guthrie

Savannah Guthrie in 1992 as a University of 蜜柚直播 journalism student. The photo was taken for a guest column in the 蜜柚直播 Citizen.聽
Snowball fight

A snowball fight on the University of 蜜柚直播 Mall on March 3, 1976.
Anderson Chevron gas station

Anderson Chevron gas station at 745 N. Park Ave. was located near the University of 蜜柚直播 main gate at Third Street on June 25, 1971.聽
Graduation

University of 蜜柚直播 students listen to a commencement speaker during ceremonies at 蜜柚直播 Stadium on June 1, 1966.
UA Stadium

蜜柚直播 Stadium starts to take shape as 10,000 new seats are added to the west side along Vine Street as part of the University of 蜜柚直播's $1.4 million addition to structure on April 16, 1965. The completion date for the addition to the stadium was extended a month to October 2, 1965. The Wildcats were scheduled to play New Mexico after opening the season with three away games against Utah, Kansas and Wyoming.聽
1965 in 蜜柚直播

Nearly 1,000 University of 蜜柚直播 students rioted on May 6, 1965, after male students demanded "panties" at women's dorms. Rocks and bottles were thrown. Sixteen students were arrested.聽
University of 蜜柚直播 pitcher Taryne Mowatt

Pitcher Taryne Mowatt is lifted by teamates after 蜜柚直播 beat Tennessee during game 3 of their championship series at the 2007 College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
Donald Trump in 蜜柚直播

Donald Trump with girlfriend Marla Maples at a University of 蜜柚直播 basketball game at McKale Center in 蜜柚直播 on Dec. 27, 1990.聽
UA computing

Bruce Crow, an engineering student from Yuma, breaks down a graph on a analog machine at the University of 蜜柚直播 on March 7, 1957. Crow can turn the coordinates of the graph into numbers which can be put on a punch card and analyzed.
University of 蜜柚直播 campus, 1959

University of 蜜柚直播 students walk around campus mixing occasionally with traffic in front of the Social Sciences building in 1959. 蜜柚直播 Citizen file.
UA commencement

University of 蜜柚直播 graduates seek out friends and family in 蜜柚直播 Stadium during commencement ceremony on May 31, 1969.
John Hancock Bowl

University of 蜜柚直播 quarterback George Malauulu scores against Baylor during the John Hancock Bowl in El Paso, Texas on Dec 31, 1992. Rick Wiley / 蜜柚直播 Citizen
Famous people who visited 蜜柚直播

Alabama Gov George Wallace addresses an audience at the University of 蜜柚直播 on January 9, 1964. Months before he had already announced his intention to be the presidential nominee for the 1964 Democratic Party. A year before, Wallace famously declared during his oath of office as governor,"...segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Photo by Jon Kamman / 蜜柚直播 Citizen
University of 蜜柚直播 Homecoming

UA cheerleaders ride in the back of a 1955 Chevy Bel Air during the 1966 UA Homecoming football game against BYU at 蜜柚直播 Stadium. It started in 1914, ebbed and flowed through the years due to wars, apathy or societal forces, but it remains strong today: The University of 蜜柚直播 Homecoming week. See 100 images from 100 years of UA Homecoming at