Dear Colleagues, We write to inform you of changes to our pension plans. Sadly, at a time when our salaries stagnate or decline in real terms and our health benefit costs have sky-rocketed, our pension plans are now also being revised with very little warning or explanation of their ramifications. The changes have variable effects. […]
Health Plan Costs: UC Union Coalition Follows Up with UCOP
We write to follow up on our message to you of October 31, 2023, in which the Council of UC Faculty Associations raised the alarm regarding the sudden, drastic increase in healthcare benefits costs to employees during Open Enrollment. 1600 faculty signed onto CUCFA’s October 30 letter protesting these increases, while an additional 400 faculty […]
Updating the SDFA Bylaws
It has been well over 15 years since our bylaws have been updated, and a good number of things have changed since then. So we thought we would revise our bylaws to sharpen our stated mission, clarify the process for electing board members, and adopt new technologies (like electronic voting). We will need the approval […]
SDFA Happy Hour, December 7, 2023 4:30pm – Dirty Birds Bar and Grill
CUCFA Letter on Academic Freedom
Dear Colleagues, The San Diego Faculty Association (SDFA) fully supports the statement from the UC-wide Council of Faculty Associations (CUCFA) linked here, about the urgency of defending academic freedom and the free speech rights of instructional faculty and students to express support for the Palestinian people and/or criticize the actions of the Israeli government. We […]