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Dear President Napolitano, The Council of UC Faculty Associations understands that UC has begun collective bargaining with the UC Student-Workers Union — UAW 2865. We find great merit in many of the Student-Workers bargaining goals, as outlined at: http://www.uaw2865.org/wp-content/uploads/UAW-2865-Final-2018-Bargaining-Goals-for-Ratification.pdf These goals include their desire for affordable housing, childcare, sanctuary campuses, demilitarizing UC police, and improving…

On March 12th, CUCFA sent the following letter to Susan Carlson, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Programs. Dear Vice Provost Carlson, The Council of UC Faculty Associations Board (CUCFA) is writing with an urgent request to extend the period allowed for faculty and students to comment on the proposed system-wide Open Access Dissertation Policy….

CUCFA signed on to the Reclaim California’s Higher Education coalition letter to Governor Brown about the Governor’s budget proposal. The letter expresses significant concerns about funding for public higher education in the current proposal: January 25th, 2018 Governor Jerry Brown California State Capitol Building, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA Dear Governor Brown, The purpose of this…

A coalition of UC unions, including the Council of UC Faculty Associations, sent the following letter to UC President Janet Napolitano, asking to be a part of a new working group that UC is creating to discuss retiree health benefits: October 26, 2017 The Honorable Janet Napolitano, President University of California 1111 Franklin Street Oakland,…

September 13, 2017 President Janet Napolitano University of California, Office of the President 1111 Franklin Street, 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 president@ucop.edu Dear President Napolitano, The Council of UC Faculty Associations board has endorsed a statement, “Taking a Stand Against Harassment,” issued on September 7 by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the American…