The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) is meeting with UC President Michael Drake on February 8, 2021, from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m. Attending for CUCFA: Constance Penley, President, CUCFA; Professor, Film and Media Studies, UCSB and Wendy Matsumura, Vice Read More …
January 25, 2021 The Honorable Adam Gray California State Assembly State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB 237 (Gray) – The Public Employee Health Protection Act – SUPPORT Dear Assemblymember Gray: We support your proposed Public Employee Health Protection Act, Read More …
UC’s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michael Brown, responded to our letter about Professor Napolitano serving on the Board of Directors for Zoom with the attached letter, the plain text of which is below: Dear Executive Board Read More …
Update 2/19/2021: The university has withdrawn the suspension of Carlos Cruz. He will remain on conduct probation for two-years. This will allow Carlos to continue his work toward a Ph.D. This fulfills the request we made in our letter to Read More …
Update, December 7. UC’s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michael Brown, responded. November 6, 2020 Professor Janet Napolitano Goldman School of Public Policy, UCB 2607 Hearst Avenue Berkeley, CA 94720-7320 Dear Professor Napolitano, We write to you Read More …
Update, November 3. UC’s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michael Brown, responded to our letter about the potential for censorship of faculty by private technology providers with the attached letter, the plain text of which is below: Read More …
Updated 11/24/2020: It appears from “A Message from President Drake about UC’s Commitment to Preserving Jobs during the Pandemic” that the efforts of CUCFA (below), the UC Union Coalition, and the Academic Senate to analyze and push back on the dangerously short-sighted curtailment plan Read More …
Update, November 3. UC’s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michael Brown, responded. September 24, 2020 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email Read More …
Yesterday, UCSC and UAW 2865 announced that they had reached an agreement to allow for eligibility for re-employment of academic student employees who were dismissed for their failure to submit grades during the 2019-20 academic year. More information is available Read More …
July 28, 2020 Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Sent Via Email: president@ucop.edu, regentsoffice@ucop.edu Dear Presidents Drake and Napolitano: We represent academic, educator, and healthcare unions in the UC system, and Read More …