While we are all rightly occupied with confronting the pandemic spread of COVID-19 we cannot forget our more local emergency: the Graduate Association strike that has entered its third week and has recently confirmed that it will continue in the Spring. The SBFA board would like to inform faculty–to the best of our knowledge–of what […]

March 16, 2020 TO:       President Janet Napolitano FROM: Council of UC Faculty Associations We write to ask you to delay the start of spring quarter by two weeks, to begin on April 13 rather than March 30. We came to this solution following an intensive discussion among our members about the challenges of moving to […]

As you are probably aware, our graduate students have voted to go on strike tomorrow morning (see attached flyer). They are striking to support their UCSC colleagues but also to extend their demands for a system-wide COLA (Cost Of Living Adjustment). We know that our members will have different opinions about this strike and might […]

By Lori Freedman, Ndola Prata, Susan Ivey and Seth Holmes; republished from the BFA newsletter, That was the Week That Was, #142. Should UC affiliate with religious health systems that prohibit choice in reproductive health care and LGBTQ-inclusive care? Those prohibitions are based on policies written by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and not […]

As you all know the Senate has called for nominations of faculty for the Committee on Committees (COC) and Systemwide Legislative Assembly. SBFA Board strongly believes in service in our senate and is particularly interested in having one of our members elected to serve in the COC and systemwide Academic Senate Assembly. Claudio Fogu (member […]