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…
May 1, 2021 The Honorable Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. California State Assembly State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0059 RE: AB-295 – Support, amendments suggested Dear Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer, Our coalition was very happy to see that you have proposed legislation, AB-295, which would create a working group and pilot program for tuition and fee-free…
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…
A public town hall entitled The Case for Tuition Free Higher Education – with a focus on the $66 Fix – was held in late February by the Progressive Democrats of America – California. The white paper on which much of the presentation was based is available online at: https://66fix.org/policy-paper/ And the recording is now…
