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 …
The following is a press release that the Council of UC Faculty Associations distributed to media outlets: At their Special Meeting on Monday, December 13, the Regents of the University of California will be making decisions on two significant issues Read More …
CUCFA is very concerned about an incident during student protests of the latest UC fee increase wherein a campus police officer drew his gun and pointed it towards protestors. We reprint a letter written by UC Irvine professor Rei Terada Read More …
TO: UC President Mark Yudof FROM: Bob Meister,President of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, and Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz SUBJECT: Your Open Letter to Californians of November 8, 2010 DATE: 11/15/2010 CC: Governor-Elect Edmund Read More …
CUCFA President Robert Meister was asked to give the keynote speech at the AAUP West Coast conference this year. His one hour speech, which anticipated that the UC Regents would vote to increase student fees at their November meeting and Read More …
When delivered to UC President Yudof, this letter served as a cover letter to a longer report. October 14, 2010 Dear President Yudof, On behalf of the many faculty across the UC system who are members of our constituent Faculty Read More …
August 10, 2010 Senator Felipe Fuentes, Chair Assembly Committee on Appropriations Re: Oppose SB 969 Dear Chair Fuentes, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) opposes SB 969. Although CUCFA has a record of strong support for affordable public higher Read More …