Below is a copy of a letter The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) sent to the chair and vice chair of the systemwide Academic Senate regarding the academic advisory committee for the selection of a new UC President. October 7, 2019 With President Napolitano’s announcement of her resignation, effective August 2020, it is vital […]
UC abandons plans for closer affiliation with Dignity Health
We learned today that the concerted and united efforts of many (including the Faculty Association) have been successful in getting UCSF to give up on its plan to affiliate with Dignity Health. This is an especially important fight, and victory, in light of current efforts (some successful) to turn back the clock on Roe vs. […]
CA-AAUP and CUCFA Issue Statement in Support of UC Workers
The executive board of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) joins the executive board of the California Conference of the American Association of University Professors to express unconditional support for the just demands of our colleagues and friends of the Union of Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE-CWA) and American Federation of State, County, and […]
Joint Letter in Support of Librarian Academic Freedom
August 18, 2018 President Janet Napolitano University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Email: president@ucop.edu Joint statement by CUCFA and CA-AAUP: On July 26, 2018 UC negotiators rejected a proposal by the UC-AFT Unit 17 that academic freedom be recognized as a right of all UC librarians as academic employees. UC […]
Faculty response to UC’s Contract with General Dynamics Information Technology
June 21, 2018 President Janet Napolitano University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Email: president@ucop.edu Dear President Napolitano, The Board of the Council of UC Faculty Associations applauds you for your forthright support for UC’s undocumented students, your lawsuit against the Trump administration’s rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), […]