Below is SBFA’s official letter to members regarding recently proposed changes to the UC pension plan. The University of California is currently considering introducing a new pension plan for its employees hired after 2016. These proposed changes will dramatically reduce pension benefits for most new faculty. The Academic Senate will be reviewing the proposals over […]
Hello SBFA Members, Below are some informational links regarding informational updates on the changes to UC pension and retirement funds as proposed by the UC Regents-appointed task force. The Pension Taskforce Napolitano appointed to come up with options has now reported. Here is a link to the full “Retirement Options Task Force Report to the […]
The following letter, composed by a CUCFA and sent to to the UC Regents’ working group, addresses recent issues surrounding Academic Freedom. The letter as also been posted here on the CUCFA website. Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your service on this working group, which the Board of Regents has tasked with developing […]
As many of you know, UCOP has appointed task force of UC faculty, staff and administrators to develop a new set of retirement benefit options for the UC to offer future employees hired on or after July 1, 2016, which has numerous implications for current and new faculty, including reduced pension benefits for future employees. Information […]
Below are excerpts detailing the recent development in relation to SB 42. The entire article by Michelle Leung from The Daily Californian can be found here. Gov. Jerry Brown announced Wednesday his decision to veto a bill, SB 42, that would have established a new agency to oversee all higher education in the state. […]