The Council of UC Faculty Associations has joined with academic employee unions UAW and UC-AFT to collect information about the potential scale, and the detrimental effect, the University’s current funding crisis will have on research and teaching quality: Living Wages and Quality Education Survey. We have observed that there is still a great deal of…
April 10, 2023 The Honorable Mike Fong Chair of the Committee on Higher Education 1020 N Street, Room 173 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB-263 – Support Dear Chair Fong, The Council of UC Faculty Associations represent tenured and tenure track faculty at the University of California. We are very happy to see the proposed legislation,…
CUCFA’s Executive Director, Eric Hays, spoke at the Assembly Budget Subcommittee Number 2 on Education Finance hearing today. Here is what he said: Good morning. I am here with the Council of UC Faculty Associations. I thank you all for taking on this arduous task of apportioning the state’s budget, especially difficult in a year…
On March 19, 2023, CUCFA endorsed the following letter, which will be sent to President Drake, UC Chancellors, and Board of Regents calling for the inclusion of caste within the University of California’s anti-discrimination policy. To join this call, sign here by April 10, 2023: Dear President Drake, UC Chancellors, and Board of Regents, We,…
Update: On March 2nd we delivered the letter to President Drake and the UC Regents with over 900 signatures. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA), in collaboration with University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represents over 6,000 UC Unit 18 faculty and librarians, is collecting faculty and lecturer signatures on a…
On 13 January 2023, the UC Office of the President requested that campuses distribute self-attestation forms asking Senate faculty to report the quantity of labor they withheld in support of the multi-unit UAW strike so UC can dock their pay accordingly. While UCOP has the legal right to dock pay for work that was not…
Below is our letter from the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and the Santa Cruz Faculty Association (SCFA) asking UC to cease and desist from interfering with faculty’s protected rights. ————————————————- January 17, 2023 Letitia Silas Executive Director, Labor Relations UC Office of the President 1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email…
Today, CUCFA joined with other unions representing approximately 110,000 University of California workers—almost half the total workforce at California’s third-largest employer — to call on the University of California to divest more than $6 billion from Blackstone Investments, including nearly $4 billion in recently acquired holdings from Blackstone’s Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT). The letter…
January 4, 2023 Letitia Silas Executive Director, Labor Relations UC Office of the President 1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607 CC: President Michael V. Drake Delivered via Email to: Letitia.Silas@ucop.edu Dear Labor Relations Executive Director Silas, We write collectively as representatives of UAW 2865, UC-AFT, CUCFA, and SCFA. Due to the UAW’s strike over UC’s…
This is the third in a series of FAQ’s about the UAW strike. The first set of FAQs is available here. The second set is available here. Q1: Who will be responsible for the grading when the strike is resolved? A1: If a settlement is reached before the end of the current quarter/semester, your existing…