The UCSB Faculty Association Board has endorsed and signed on to the following letter to UC President Drake and the UC Regents. It was written by our umbrella organization, 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 […]
Below is a 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 […]
In light of the resolution of the recent historic strike by academic workers, we write to share the following update about grading that remains to be completed for the Fall 2022 quarter. The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), in collaboration with UC-AFT, UAW 2865, and the UC Santa Cruz Faculty Association (the only legal […]
Our two UC-wide Academic Student Employee and Graduate Student Researcher unions have ratified their contracts. Although the 40-day strike achieved some significant, even ground-breaking results, other critical provisions were abandoned (see details at https://www.fairucnow.org/ta-summary/). All existing provisions, however, will be up for renegotiation in only 2½ years when the current contract ends. The conflict over […]
Dear colleagues, Some of you may have received today’s email appended below from UCSB Registrar Schmid about when you will be submitting grades or filing partial grades. We counsel faculty in solidarity with the strike to wait until the union vote on the contract becomes known to post ANY grades. We appreciate the tremendous solidarity […]