Good morning! As you probably have heard, the lecturers and UC management have reached a tentative agreement and as a result UC-AFT has called off the strike. The union members have yet to ratify the contract, but it looks like this agreement is a huge victory for our lecturer colleagues, improving their job security, compensation,…
November 14, 2021 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, We are again writing to you as the leadership of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, CUCFA, the systemwide organization of Senate faculty that created…
October 21, 2021 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, We write to you as the leadership of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, CUCFA, the systemwide organization of Senate faculty that created the Pledge…
CUCFA Expresses Solidarity with UC-AFT’s Fight for a Fair Contract SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 –– Hundreds of UC Senate Faculty stand in solidarity with our lecturer colleagues, represented by their union, UC-AFT, in their fight for better working conditions, including recognition as professionals with the right to be rehired. We owe it to them, to ourselves,…
The Faculty Associations across UC, who together make up the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), stand in solidarity with our lecturer colleagues who currently are in negotiations with UCOP for a new contract. For the first time in over 20 years, and after 2 years of negotiations, lecturers have voted with an overwhelming majority…
Earlier this month, representatives from the UC Faculty Associations and over 75 other unions and organizations, representing over 300,000 academic workers, met in a higher education summit that developed a vision platform for a new national higher education campaign. The organizers of the event asked higher education organizations to sign on to the vision platform….
Our letter to Assembly Speaker Rendon and Assembly Member Rivas in support of AB-1550. May 28, 2021 Speaker Anthony Rendon California State Assembly State Capitol, Room 219 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 319-2163 RE: Assembly Bill 1550 (Rivas); Position: Support Dear Speaker Rendon: We are the Council of UC Faculty Associations, the collective bargaining representative…
Below is a letter that CUCFA President Constance Penley sent to Academic Senate Chair Mary Gauvain about her letter in opposition to Assembly Bill 1550, legislation that CUCFA supports: Dear Chair Gauvain, I write to you about your letter to Assemblymember Jim Cooper in opposition to AB-1550 because I want to understand the concerns you…
April 27, 2021 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) objects to the UC Systemwide Administration’s proposed revisions to the Universitywide Police Policies and Administrative Procedures. The regressive…
April 12, 2021 The Honorable Jim Cooper, Chair Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee 1020 N Street, Room 153 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Assembly Bill 1550 (Rivas) Position: Support Dear Assemblymember Cooper: The Council of UC Faculty Associations supports Assembly Bill 1550 (Rivas). It would protect faculty bargaining rights by allowing faculty who are currently…
