Our faculty association has been a long-time supporter and partner of the Scholars at Risk organization and network. Over the years, several of our members have offered discovery seminars entitled “Advocating for Scholars at Risk” in which they collaborated with SAR personnel on choosing a ‘scholar at risk’ whose academic freedom, livelihood, or life was under threat in their […]
UC librarians have just started bargaining a new contract. They have a solidarity pledge to share: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/support-uc-librarians, and will be bargaining at UCLA on January 19, for anyone who wants to make the drive to attend.
We are writing regarding the arrest and charges filed against UAW members from Scripps Institute of Oceanography arrested for allegedly writing chalk messages in support of their union. You can find more info here. A group of faculty have organized a petition to send to the District Attorney, asking that the charges be dropped. SBFA is […]
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 […]
Please join us for a statewide teach-in and Q&A session led by rank-and-file union members and featuring a retired labor attorney. The presenters will do their best to answer your questions. The teach-in will be this Thursday, December 15, 2022 from 1-3pm. Title: Rank & File* Presents – Teach-in: Faculty Solidarity & Rights Join fellow faculty members […]