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…
On January 29th, the Council of UC Faculty Associations signed on to the following UC Union Coalition letter that was sent to UC. A PDF of the letter is also available. Matt Teaford Director of Labor Relations University of California matthew.teaford@ucop.edu Dear Director Teaford, In 2024, University of California workers across the state are facing…
On November 16th, we sent the following letter to President Drake and the UC Regents. A PDF of the letter is also available. Dear President Drake and UC Regents, 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…
On November 14th, the Council of UC Faculty Associations signed on to the following UC Union Coalition letter that was sent to the UC Regents and copied to President Drake. A PDF of the letter is also available. Dear Regents of the University of California: The University of California Union Coalition demands that the Regents…
Dear President Drake and UC Regents, After the Council of UC Faculty Associations sent its letter of October 30 objecting to unreasonable increases in health benefit costs to President Drake and copied to the UC Regents, several faculty members contacted us to ask if we would open up our letter for others to sign. Since…
Below is a letter to UC President Michael Drake and the UC Regents objecting to healthcare benefit costs to employees increasing by 15% to 193%, depending on plan and coverage, that we sent on October 30th. We collected 1,600 signatures for a second edition of this letter, which we sent to President Drake and the…
September 25, 2023 Dear Chancellor Larive and Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Kletzer: The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), an umbrella organization for the Faculty Associations (FAs) at each UC campus dedicated to protecting the best interests of UC faculty, writes to express our concern regarding your response to the Institute for the…
June 25, 2023 The Honorable Josh Newman Chair, Senate Education Committee 1021 O Street, Suite 6740 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB 1749 (McCarty), as amended on May 18, 2023, and scheduled for hearing in the Senate Education Committee on June 28, 2023. Position: OPPOSE Dear Chair Newman, The Council of UC Faculty Associations respectfully opposes…
April 19, 2023 The Honorable Ash Kalra Chair, Assembly Labor & Employment Committee 1020 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: ACA 6 (Haney) – Basic Labor Standards For Individuals Performing Work At The University of California Act Assembly Member Kalra: The Council of UC Faculty Associations represent tenured and tenure track faculty at the University…