Our Mission
We are UCHealth Workers United (UCHWU). We are an organization by and for all employees of UCHealth. This includes inpatient and outpatient settings in the north, main, and south campuses and regions.
UCHWU exists to organize and create workforce and workplace stabilization.
This is achieved through principles of transparency, mutual respect, rejection of racism, sexism, and ageism, equitable pay, safe staffing at all times, a team-based approach, and a seat at the table of company decisions that affect workers’ and patients' lives.
We know that individuals will be ignored, sidelined, and tossed aside.
Unity, solidarity, and collective movement will heighten our voice, energy, and power.
We are rising. Come join us.
Together, we will make UC Health the best place to work and to receive care.
Why?
Workers at UCHealth love the job we do and serving the community. We, the workers, need a voice to create positive change to improve the way UCHealth delivers care, conceives of their role in the state, and interacts with patients and staff. We are passionate about uniting all the UCHealth employee voices through UCHealth Workers United. We exist to create workplace and workforce stability, traits that benefit staff, patients, the UC Health system, and the health care landscape of Colorado. Together we can make positive change.
UCHWU/ CWA Local 7799
UCHealth Workers United (UCHWU) is part of the Communications Workers of America local 7799. CWA is a national union that represents 40,000 healthcare workers and over 100,000 public workers across the nation.
CWA Local 7799, founded in 2020, is an umbrella union encompassing public sector employees across Colorado. Our units include the Defenders Union of Colorado (DUC), United Campus Workers (UCW), Denver Public Library Workers United (DPLWU), Pikes Peak Library Workers United (PPLWU), and Denver Health Workers United (DHWU). Our actions are coordinated and collective and we have one another’s backs whenever called upon.