VCU labor union aims to improve wages, working conditions Katharine DeRosa, Staff Writer University employees announced Monday the formation of a VCU chapter in the United Campus Workers of Virginia, a labor union that advocates for better working environments. The group organized a rally in Monroe Park and a march through campus to discuss and share the union’s goals. Contract worker and adjunct advocate Kristin Reed led the event. Nine speakers were present, including a member of the University of Virginia branch of the United Campus Workers of Virginia. “You are my union family and we are one another’s union family,” Reed said. “This is how it goes at VCU moving forward.”