SDFA supports a letter, shared below, which marks the start of a campaign against UCOP’s measures to impose the costs of UAW-ratified contracts on the already strained finances of departments, research centers, libraries and faculty. Please sign and circulate widely. Department, program, and institute sign-ons are welcome. If you are interested in getting involved in this […]

UC Administration is starting to send attestation forms to various campuses demanding faculty report whether or not they withheld labor during the strike and for how long. The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) has sent a cease and desist letter to UC Labor Relations demanding its immediate rescission and disavowal. (see below). As this […]

On November 14, tens of thousands of academic workers represented by UAW 2865 (the Union of Academic Student Employees at UC), UAW 5810 (Postdocs and Academic Researchers), and SRU-UAW (Student Researchers) will begin striking to resolve Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs). 98% of 36,558 union members cast YES votes authorizing the UAW to call a multi-unit […]

The UC San Diego Faculty Association joins the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council in urging you to support the UC A-G ethnic studies requirement (subject requirement for admission to the UC system), which the campus has already endorsed. We share their concern about a disturbing, recent development that suggests political interference into faculty rights to […]

Dear Colleagues, We urge you to vote to affirm the Senate in sending the following to the UC Regents: The University of California Academic Senate petitions the Regents for investments in UC’s infrastructure that will reduce on-campus fossil fuel combustion by at least 60% of current levels by 2030 and by 95% of current levels […]