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 […]
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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 […]