SBFA Board members join striking UC workers at rally outside UCLA Luskin Center
SBFA Board members joined with about 500 (maybe more) at UCLA rally today, December 14, 2022, who sounded confident of victory.
Thursday 1pm 12/15/22: Zoom teach-in on Faculty rights during the ongoing strike Inbox
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 […]
The Santa Barbara Faculty Association mourns the passing of a stalwart member
Allan Stewart-Oaten Emeritus Professor of Ecology, Evolution And Marine Biology Steadfast defender of shared governance and faculty involvement in the financial management of the university. We will miss your voice.
Clarifications on withholding grades – Comparative Literature Graduate Students on Strike
December 8, 2022 Dear Comparative Literature Program Faculty, We are now in the fourth week of the largest strike of academic workers in the history of the United States. We want to begin by thanking the Comparative Literature Program and its affiliated departments for your support during this historic moment. We write this letter in […]
Strike update for Senate faculty and town hall on grading TUESDAY 12/6 at 4PM
As the UAW strike ends its fourth week, the UCSB Faculty Association would like to reiterate our recommendations to faculty and respond to numerous distortions put forth by the UC and UCSB administrations. 1) The strike is not over, even with tentative agreements with postdocs and academic researchers, who continue striking in solidarity with the […]