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…
Dear UC Regents’ Chair Leib, We are alarmed that the Regents have recently chosen to ignore the recommendations of the Academic Council and its systemwide Senate committees on a number of key issues. The centrality of faculty governance to the University of California is critical to maintaining its international reputation for excellence and recruiting the…
March 13, 2024 The Honorable Chair, Mike Fong California State Assembly Higher Education Committee Legislative Office Building, 1020 N Street, Room 173 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB 2349 (Wilson) – SUPPORT Dear Assemblymember Fong, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), is an umbrella organization for the Faculty Associations (FAs) at each UC campus dedicated…
Below is the letter the Council of University of California Faculty Associations sent on February 12 to the UC Regents objecting to their proposed new website policy. Dear UC Regents, At its meeting on January 24, the Regents proposed a new policy on the use of university administrative websites. The central aim of this Action…
Below is the letter the Council of University of California Faculty Associations sent on February 12 to the UC Regents and President Drake asking them to urge the San Francisco District Attorney’s office to not pursue criminal charges against those arrested for protesting at the January UC Regents meeting. Dear President Drake and UC Regents,…
January 30, 2024 Dear President Drake, UC Regents, Chancellor Hawgood, Provost Lucey, Dean King, and Chair Wachter, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) is an umbrella organization for the Faculty Associations at each of the ten UC campuses, which advocates for the economic and employment conditions of UC faculty and faculty rights of academic…