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 […]
Author: SDFA Staff
Sign our letter objecting to unreasonable increases in health benefit costs
On October 26th, every UC employee received an Open Enrollment notice with new rates for healthcare benefits. The increases in the employee health benefits share are unprecedented and alarming. Costs for healthcare benefits will be going up between 15% and 193% per month, depending on one’s plan and coverage. For example, if you currently pay […]
Statement from the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council
The statement linked below was sent by the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council to all of the UC Chancellors, on October 16, 2023. Statement on bias in UC statements
Free Speech is not a Felony
We are writing regarding the arrest and charges filed against UAW members from Scripps Institute of Oceanography arrested for allegedly writing chalk messages in support of their union. You can find more info here. A group of faculty have organized a petition to send to the District Attorney, asking that the charges be dropped. SDFA is […]
Faculty letter in solidarity with grad workers
Post updated June 24, 2023 – SDFA would like to clarify that it endorsed the following faculty-authored letter in solidarity with 67 graduate student workers who are going through a student conduct process for their peaceful protest (including 18 who were not even present at the event) on May 5th, which now has 283 signatories: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zo6cDELh_06_XQqwXVkckvuHiSFQQgy5vZF649iM9tA/edit#responses […]