(MARQUETTE, WISCONSIN) - Graduate Student Workers, Staff, participating Faculty and Undergraduate Workers at Marquette University have announced their decision to officially organize with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) as Members of United Campus Workers of Wisconsin.

The Workers are fighting for improved working conditions, including issues such as health care plans and increased stipends for Graduate Workers, and stable contracts for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members.

On September 14th, University of Colorado Boulder Campus Workers belonging to UCW Colorado (CWA Local 7799) staged a walkout to rally for better treatment of Student Workers, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and Contracted Staff.

Workers asserted their demands for improvements, including Cost Of Living Adjustments, raises and minimum guaranteed rates for classes taught by Non-Tenure-Track Faculty.

While universities like Colorado University at Boulder rely heavily on the labor provided by these Workers, they continue to fail to provide working conditions commensurate with the immense burden shouldered by their Student Workers, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and Contracted Staff, Union Officials said.