On August 19, CUCFA sent the following letter to the members of the Senate Rules committee. Senator Darrell Steinberg State Capitol, Room 205 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 651-4906 Dear Senate Pro Tem Steinberg, The Council of UC Faculty Associations requests that the Rules Committee reject the slate of four nominees proposed by the Governor…
On July 6, CUCFA started a conversation with UCOP by sending a letter (see below) to UC President Janet Napolitano. Aimee Dorr responded to the letter on behalf of UCOP (see the second letter below, received August 4th), and CUCFA responded to that letter (see third letter below, dated August 10th). President Janet Napolitano Office…
On June 18th, 2014, CUCFA sent the following letter to the Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee. Senator Norma Torres, Chair Senate Public Employment and Retirement Committee 1020 N Street, #568 Sacramento, CA 95814 fax 916-323-1749 Re: UC Faculty Support AB 1834 (Williams) Dear Senator Torres, We of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA)…
CUCFA sent the following letter to the six members of the legislature’s Budget Conference Committee and their Chiefs of Staff. Item 6440 UC Budget: Support for Assembly version The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) requests your support for the Assembly version of the 2014-15 University of California budget. CUCFA has long advocated for State…
Dear Colleagues, The Council of UC Faculty Associations supports the demands made by the graduate student union (UAW 2865) in its negotiations for a new contract and support the union’s right to strike on April 2 and 3 if they find it needed to bring negotiations to a speedy and respectful conclusion. We encourage you…
UC faculty need to wake up to the systematic degradation of their pay and benefits. In 2009, when the salary furlough temporarily cut faculty salaries between 6 and 10%, faculty were outraged. Yet since then our compensation has been hit by a more serious, and seemingly permanent, double blow. First, despite modest salary rises of…
On November 21, CUCFA sent the following letter to UC President Janet Napolitano and also sent copies of the letter to half a dozen UC officers. President Napolitano responded with a letter dated January 8, 2014, available here. President Janet Napolitano Office 12122 1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607 Dear President Napolitano, The recent changes…
On August 28, CUCFA sent the following letter to San Francisco’s City Attorney Dennis Herrera: August 28, 2013 City Attorney Dennis Herrera City Hall, Room 234 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4682 cityattorney@sfgov.org fax: (415) 554-4745 (delivered by e-mail and fax) Dear City Attorney Herrera, We applaud your quest for injunctive…
On August 21, CUCFA sent the following letter to H.E. Ambassador Mohamed M. Tawfik at the Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C., and to Consul General El Husseuni Abdel Wahab at the Egyptian Consulate in Los Angeles. August 21, 2013 H.E. Ambassador Mohamed M. Tawfik Embassy of Egypt 3521 International Ct. NW Washington DC 20008…
The following letter was sent to California State Senator Carol Liu and the members of the Assembly Higher Education committee on August 8th: August 8, 2013 Senator Carol Liu State Capitol, Room 5097 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 651-4925 Re: SB 195: Support — amendments suggested. Dear Senator Liu, The Council of UC Faculty Associations…