The following letter was sent to legislative leaders and the members of the budget conference committee. This letter contains comments from the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) on some aspects of the May revise that relate to the University of California. 1) We support the provisions of the May revise related to restrictions on…
This past February, the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) became aware that the UC administration was considering plans to restructure the health benefits for all University of California employees. At a meeting of the UC Senate Faculty Welfare Committee, John Stobo, Vice President for UC Health, outlined a plan to push UC employees currently enrolled in HMO plans such…
UC has now responded to the letter we sent on April 7th. The response is reprinted below: Thank you for sharing the Council of UC Faculty Associations’ letter of April 7 to President Napolitano regarding the possible restructuring of healthcare plans available to UC employees. I am pleased to respond on the President’s behalf….
April 13, 2015 Senator Richard Pan State Capitol Building, Room 4070 Sacramento, CA 95814 fax: 916-651-4906 Re: SB 424 (Pan) as introduced February 25, 2015 Position: Oppose Dear Senator Pan, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) strongly opposes SB 424 as introduced. This bill is essentially the same as AB 992 (as introduced), which…
Update: The healthcare petition has been sent to President Napolitano. It generated 2, 611 signatures, the vast majority senate faculty. The original announcement and call for signatures is below: Dear Colleague, As you may be aware, the University of California is considering restructuring the provision of medical plans for its employees across the ten…
Dear Colleagues, A year ago Colleen Lye and James Vernon, co-chairs of the Berkeley Faculty Association, drew the attention of faculty across the ten campuses of the University of California to the continuing degradation of their pensions, benefits and salaries. Faculty were, they noted, still underpaid in relation to their peers at competitor institutions. Despite…
February 18, 2015 Senators Ricardo Lara and Anthony Cannella State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814-4900 Re: SCA 1 Position: Oppose Dear Senators Lara and Cannella, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) opposes SCA 1. While some actions of the Regents and the UC administration generate criticism with which we concur, we do not believe that…
Dear Governor Brown: The escalating crisis in higher education requires a reaffirmation of the State of California’s commitment to the Master Plan for Higher Education. As key stakeholders representing well over 2 million students, staff and faculty throughout the State’s three higher education systems — California Community Colleges, California State University and the University of…
Discussion of state funding for and tuition at the University of California at Wednesday’s Board of Regents meeting was remarkable both for its candor and for the absence of original ideas and creative approaches from the UC leadership or the politicians on the board. It served only to give all parties a very public forum…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations holds Governor Jerry Brown’s slashing of public higher education responsible for UC President Napolitano’s recent proposal to budget for 5% tuition increases every year for the next 5 years. Raising tuition is not the solution. There is a better way: provide California students and their families high quality, affordable…
