Hundreds Rally Against University of Kentucky's Integrate Blue Plan and 30-Year Outsourcing Contract

University of Kentucky workers push back against plan to outsource, centralize campus jobs

A group of workers at the University of Kentucky are speaking against a plan to privatize and centralize hundreds of on-campus jobs.

Hundreds rally against University of Kentucky's Integrate Blue plan and 30-year outsourcing contract

Hundreds of people gathered at the Laborer's Union in Lexington building to protest the University of Kentucky's "Integrate Blue" plan, which would merge nearly 20 administrative departments.The university says its goal is to keep up with rising financial costs, operational pressures and reduce duplication's across the institution. If approved, the outsourcing contract will last 30 years.Those who attended the morning rally strongly disagree wit…

United Campus Workers challenge UK’s Integrate Blue initiative

The United Campus Workers of Kentucky held a rally protesting the University of Kentucky’s plans to outsource and reassign staff to a private company. Part of UCW’s “Protect our Services” campaign, the rally was held on Saturday, April 11, in the Laborers’ Union Local 189 building. A number of UK faculty, UCW members and Lexington city council members were in attendance. The rally protested UK’s Integrate Blue initiative, which its website descr…