Earlier this month, representatives from the UC Faculty Associations and over 75 other unions and organizations, representing over 300,000 academic workers, met in a higher education summit that developed a vision platform for a new national higher education campaign. The Read More …
Our letter to Assembly Speaker Rendon and Assembly Member Rivas in support of AB-1550. May 28, 2021 Speaker Anthony Rendon California State Assembly State Capitol, Room 219 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 319-2163 RE: Assembly Bill 1550 (Rivas); Position: Support Read More …
Below is a letter that CUCFA President Constance Penley sent to Academic Senate Chair Mary Gauvain about her letter in opposition to Assembly Bill 1550, legislation that CUCFA supports: Dear Chair Gauvain, I write to you about your letter to Read More …
April 27, 2021 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) objects to the Read More …
April 12, 2021 The Honorable Jim Cooper, Chair Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee 1020 N Street, Room 153 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Assembly Bill 1550 (Rivas) Position: Support Dear Assemblymember Cooper: The Council of UC Faculty Associations supports Assembly Read More …
March 2, 2021 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, CUCFA is writing to support our UC Riverside colleagues’ fight Read More …
[See the memo of CUCFA priorities that we sent to the meeting in advance. These priorities emerged from our productive January 25 town hall meeting to discuss what FA members wanted us to present to President Drake. Thanks to everyone Read More …
The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) is meeting with UC President Michael Drake on February 8, 2021, from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. Attending for CUCFA: Constance Penley, President, CUCFA; Professor, Film and Media Studies, UCSB and Wendy Matsumura, Vice Read More …
January 25, 2021 The Honorable Adam Gray California State Assembly State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB 237 (Gray) – The Public Employee Health Protection Act – SUPPORT Dear Assemblymember Gray: We support your proposed Public Employee Health Protection Act, Read More …
UC’s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michael Brown, responded to our letter about Professor Napolitano serving on the Board of Directors for Zoom with the attached letter, the plain text of which is below: Dear Executive Board Read More …