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 the face – not once but twice – in front of a horrified crowd. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjnR7xET7Uo […]
Category: collective bargaining
UC Berkeley Faculty Petition
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.
Report from the Second Conference of the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education
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 80-100 representatives from 17 states attended the gathering. Almost all participants attended in their capacity as a […]
Support the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education!
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 second national meeting, which SDFA Chair Ivan Evans recently attended. Read more at: http://futureofhighered.org
CSU Campuses to hold strike on November 17th
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 bargaining over modest raises recommended by two different fact-finding reports. Faculty associations, labor unions and public […]