The United Auto Workers (UAW) held a strike authorization vote (SAV) February 5-13, 2026 for an unfair labor practice strike. This vote involves university employees represented by UAW Local 4811, which includes academic student employees (ASEs)—all teaching assistants (TAs), teaching fellows, associate instructors, readers, tutors, and graduate student researchers (GSRs) at all UC campuses. Two…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations is supporting a legislative initiative to increase funding for scientific research in California. Scientists from institutions across the state are signing on to an open letter in support of this initiative. Already over 500 UC faculty have signed! Sign the Petition California SB 895 would create the California Science and…
Following an invitation from the UC San Diego Faculty Association (SDFA), CUCFA and the majority of UC campus Faculty Associations have endorsed the following statement: We, faculty of the University of California, call on the UC Regents and President Milliken to publicly reject the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” that was made available to…
CUCFA has grave concerns about a proposal that seeks to update UC policy on Faculty Discipline and Dismissal Policies and Process in sections 15 and 16 of the Academic Personnel Manual (APM). This policy was created at the behest of the UC Regents earlier this year, with the participation of a joint Senate-administration working group…
A systemwide town hall 4 pm Friday, November 7th. Gather with faculty from all 10 campuses to discuss: Erosion of Shared Governance and Working Conditions Trump’s Threats to Research, Teaching, Patient Care How FAs are Responding & How You Can Join The Fight Speakers: Chris Hansmann, UCD, Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies Nick Mitchell, UCSC,…
AAUP partnered with the Faculty Associations to send the following letter to UC’s President and top Information Technology officer: October 23, 2025 Van Williams, Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer University of California Office of the President Via email to: van.williams@ucop.edu Dear Mr. Williams, The AAUP (American Association of University Professors)…
CUCFA lawsuit against the Trump administration As you may recall, on September 16 CUCFA and all 10 Faculty Associations joined AAUP and UC unions to sue the Trump administration for using the August 8 UCLA “demand letter” to try to extort the UC. Given that the State’s coercion of the University is manifestly illegal, we…
Faculty filed for emergency relief under state public records law to seek settlement demand release OAKLAND – The Trump Administration wants to strong-arm the University of California behind closed doors to pay $1 billion and change policies that would rend the fabric of the world’s top public university system. Today, Judge Rebekah Evenson affirmed that…
Dear colleague, As we hope you’ve heard by now, faculty are fighting back. The Council of UC Faculty Association (CUCFA) and Faculty Associations at all ten campuses—together with AAUP, AFT International, UC-AFT, AFSCME Local 3299, UPTE CWA Local 9119, UAW 4811, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Union, and Teamsters Local 2010—have filed suit against the Trump administration’s illegal cuts….
Press release: This morning, the University of California Los Angeles Faculty Association (UCLA-FA) and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) representing faculty across all ten University of California (UC) campuses, filed a lawsuit under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) demanding access to the proposed settlement agreement sent by the U.S. Department…
