CUCFA President Constance Penley participated in a UC Regent’s townhall soliciting input on the hiring of a new UC President. Here is what she said: The Council of UC Faculty Associations is an umbrella organization for each UC campus’s Faculty Associations (FAs). The Faculty Associations are comprised of all ranks of UC Senate faculty, emeriti,…
We signed on to the University of California Student Association and UC Union Coalition letter to UC President Michael Drake: January 16, 2025 Dear President Michael V. Drake, In light of the recent election and the upcoming transition to a new presidential administration, we, University of California Union Coalition and UC Student Association, request to…
Faculty from across the UC system — long synonymous with the Free Speech Movement — have organized to fight a systematic, illegal campaign to repress academic freedom Los Angeles, CA – Today, the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and faculty associations from seven University of California (UC) campuses filed an Unfair Labor…
A PDF version of the following letter is available here. August 23, 2024 Melissa Matella Associate Vice President Employee & Labor Relations University of California Melissa.Matella@ucop.edu Dear Associate Vice President Matella, UC informed us at our meeting on July 25th that significant health insurance premium increases are likely again this coming 2024-25 year. The University…
August 11, 2024 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: michael.drake@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) is an independent faculty advocacy organization representing Academic Senate faculty from all ten campuses. We represent…
UC proposes adding a section to the Academic Personnel Manual’s section on Faculty Conduct and the Administration of Discipline (APM-016). Specifically, a pause on the merit and promotion process is proposed when there is even an uninvestigated allegation of misconduct. Such a pause could be easily abused to the detriment of faculty as it removes…
We and 66 other organizations in signing on to a letter opposing AB-1814. The full letter, with signers organizations and singers, is available as a PDF. The text of the letter is below. Dear Assemblymember Ting: We are 67 civil rights, racial justice, reproductive justice, LGBTQI, immigrants’ rights, and privacy organizations writing to express our…
We have joined with our colleagues in UAW-4811 (representing UC’s academic student employees, postdocs, and academic researchers), the California Faculty Association (representing faculty at CSU), and numerous other allies in opposition to SB-1287, which would restrict protected free speech on university campuses across the state. See our letter of opposition below. June 12, 2024 The…
48,000 employees at the University of California represented by UAW 4811 will be voting to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice strike action from May 13-15. We don’t know the outcome of the vote yet, but we wanted to provide UC faculty information in case these workers do choose to go out on strike. These FAQ…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) denounces the growing number of attempts to intimidate, repress, and criminalize campus protests of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza that is supported economically and politically by the United States. Many of us have watched in horror as colleagues and students at pro-Palestinian encampments have been arrested and subjected…