Category Archives: collective bargaining

Albert Einstein on Collective Bargaining

Posted on April 6, 2012 by ucsdfac

Think collective action is outside the realm of science?  Albert Einstein didn’t think so.  In “Out of My Later Years” (most recent print by Grammercy, 1993), the Noble-prize winning physicist – and founding member of AFT Local 552 at Princeton … Continue reading →

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“Time for a Faculty Union”: The View from Oregon

Posted on March 4, 2012 by ucsdfac

This week, SDFA President Ivan Evans and Vice-President Luis Martin-Cabrera are heading up to Eugene to observe the current union card membership drive that is taking place at the University of Oregon (UO).  Prof. Gordon Lafer (shown here) of UO’s Labor Education and Research … Continue reading →

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Anti-union campaign at UCSD begins early?

Posted on December 14, 2011 by ucsdfac

Walking through my department in early October, I noticed the following posting on our bulletin board: (here is the link from above). While nothing is untruthful here, it is not hard to read the skeptical, negative and scary tone between … Continue reading →

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UC Patent Amendment: To Sign or Not to Sign?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by ucsdfac

On December 1st, a University-wide email was sent out by VR Election Services on behalf of the University of California, demanding us to follow a link and sign our names to a Patent Amendment to the 1997 UC Patent Agreement. … Continue reading →

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Response to Police Agression at UC Davis Shows the Power of Non-violent, Collective Action

Posted on November 20, 2011 by ucsdfac

By now, many of you have seen the shocking videos taken on November 18th, as UC Davis police officers pepper-sprayed students at an Occupy protest. The most widely viewed video (linked below) shows officers spraying about 20 students directly in … Continue reading →

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UC Berkeley Faculty Petition

Posted on November 16, 2011 by ucsdfac

UC Berkeley faculty have sent an open letter of petition to Chancellor Birgenau in response to violence in the previous week’s protest.  The petition, linked here and reproduced below, has been signed by over 60 members of the UC Berkeley faculty.

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Report from the Second Conference of the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education

Posted on November 11, 2011 by ucsdfac

On behalf of the SDFA and CUCFA, President Ivan Evans attended the second Conference of the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) on 4-6 November 2011 at the U. Massachusetts at Boston.  Here’s his brief report on the meeting: Approximately … Continue reading →

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Support the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education!

Posted on November 11, 2011 by ucsdfac

The Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) is a new grassroots national campaign to support quality higher education.  It was initiated in Los Angeles, California on January 21, 2011 by leaders of faculty organizations from 21 states.  CFHE recently held its … Continue reading →

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CSU Campuses to hold strike on November 17th

Posted on November 9, 2011 by ucsdfac

On November 7th, 2011, the California Faculty Association (CFA) Board of Directors and Chapter Presidents voted to authorize a one-day faculty strike at CSU East Bay and CSU Dominguez Hills. The strike is aimed at the CSU chancellor, demanding fairness in … Continue reading →

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