SDFA will be hosting a town hall on Wednesday, August 19th at 9am to discuss campus community concerns about our medical records. As part of campus COVID-19 preparations for fall quarter, the campus is requiring all employees to fill out a “Work and Health Management Registration” to create a medical record. The record is meant […]
Commentary on UCSD HDH layoffs on utotherescue website
Thanks so much to Michael Meranze and Christopher Newfield for publishing this piece about 200 HDH workers laid off at UCSD on their website A Spanish language version is here.
CUCFA letter opposing new ICE Rules
Sharing this letter, which SDFA has signed on to calling on President-Elect Michael Drake and the UC Regents to use their political power to fight the ICE rules that mandate on-campus instruction for international students on F1 visas to stay in the country. FA Letter Opposing New ICE Rules
Sharing an op-ed by USAS “We Will Not ‘Return to Earn'”
The op-ed, written by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS Local 94) was published in the student paper, The Guardian, on July 4, 2020. Submission: We Will Not ‘Return to Earn’
UCSD/UCOP’s Plan for International Students, Fellows, and Faculty
We would like to share a message we have sent to EVC Simmons regarding UCSD/UCOP’s plans to support international students, fellows, and faculty pending President Trump’s executive order further restricting immigration. Dear EVC Simmons, We write with great urgency as the Board of the San Diego Faculty Association (SDFA) to ask if UCSD […]