UCW-GA's Defend Remote Work! Campaign
✊ RSVP for the 11/11 ACTION HERE ✊
Mandatory in-office work is disrupting the lives of those who work for the University System of Georgia. Many were hired as fully or partly remote employees. Many have caregiver responsibilities or health needs that can only be accommodated by the flexibility of remote work. Revoking the ability to work from home effectively increases transportation and parking costs, which amounts to a pay cut for all affected workers.
Research has shown that remote/hybrid work arrangements can increase employee productivity while return-to-office mandates drastically increase turnover and harm recruitment. This policy change will increase the operating costs of institutions and divert millions of dollars of the budget to fund the required office space and parking additions—money that could otherwise be spent on serving students and cost-of-living wage increases for employees.
Call to Action
Sign UCW-GA's Defend Remote Work Petition!
- Any employee of the University System of Georgia is welcome to sign.
Join us as we rally at the Board of Regents' next meeting!
- 11/11/2025 Event Details on Instagram — Rally at Board of Regents meeting at Trinity-Washington Building in downtown Atlanta
- The Regents' meeting dates can be found on the UCW-GA Calendar.
Press
UCW members David and Vickie speak at 10/14/2025 rally (Instagram)
"Georgia public university workers union protests return-to-office mandate" — WABE (10/14/2025)
WRFG Labor Forum interview (10/20/2025)
- Talking shop about the Defend Remote Work! campaign with UCW-GA members David Hyde and Julie Carmine LaCorte. Starts at time 33:09.
"Georgia public universities’ ‘return to office’ mandate may spark exodus" — Atlanta Journal-Constitution (5/28/2025)
