This week, we have seen excessive force used against non-violent protesters at UC Berkeley, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, and UC Davis. Student, faculty and staff protesters have been pepper-sprayed directly in the eyes and mouth, beaten and shoved by batons, Read More …
The Council of UC Faculty Associations has endorsed the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE). CFHE has released the following statement of support for public employees in Ohio: An injury to one is an injury to all. So, Read More …
The social movement known as Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is growing and raising issues of direct relevance to the faculty, students and staff of the University of California, including contracting opportunities and increasing debt loads for our students created by Read More …
May 12, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Dear Governor Brown, The Council of UC Faculty Associations wrote to you on March 11th about our opposition to former Read More …
Christine Rosen, the Co-Chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association, wrote the following letter in response to an article in the Berkeley student paper about David Crane’s candidacy as UC Regent. This letter can also be read at the Daily Californian Read More …
CUCFA supports Assembly Member Warren Furutani’s proposed legislation that would raise funds for higher education through an oil extraction tax. We delivered the following letter of support with suggested changes: May 2, 2011 Assembly Member Warren Furutani State Capitol Building Read More …
The cover letter below, along with many pages of signatures, was sent to Governor Brown. A similar letter was sent to Senator Darrell Steinberg, the Chair of the Senate Rules Committee, as well as the other members of the Senate Read More …
CUCFA President Robert Meister wrote the following as a letter to the editor in response to a San Francisco Chronicle article that was published March 8th. The Chronicle chose not to print this response. Your recent editorial (“State Sen. Leland Read More …
March 8, 2011 Diane M. Griffiths Secretary and Chief of Staff of the UC Regents 1111 Franklin Street, 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: 510-987-9220 Fax: 510-987-9224 Dear Ms. Griffiths: I note that David Crane is listed as a UC Read More …
Nearly 1000 UC faculty and staff have signed a petition to UC President Mark Yudof condemning the demands of the 36 UC executives threatening to sue UC over the pension cap on salaries above $245K. The number of signatories is Read More …