September 19, 2011 Welcome back to school! We hope that you have had a productive summer of research and that you are now ready to come back to teaching, as well. We still are part of a great public university, but, as you know, public, accessible, quality education is under attack all over the country. This year CUCFA and its associated FA chapters are joining the CSUs and Community Colleges of California in the “Campaign for the Future of Higher Education” [CFHE], a national campaign that includes the voices of the faculty from our universities, colleges, and community colleges, students, and our communities — not just administrators, politicians, foundations and think tanks. The aim is to ensure that curriculum, pricing, [...]
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Last fall, the Santa Cruz Faculty Association filed a charge with the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) arguing that the UC Santa Cruz administration violated labor law by refusing to bargain with the SCFA, the legal bargaining representative of UCSC senate faculty, over the implementation of the furloughs for senate faculty. We’ve recently won a partial victory! PERB issued a complaint alleging that the UC did possibly violate the law by refusing to bargain in good faith. The process is not finished, however. The UC administration must respond to the complaint. Stay tuned for more information! You can read SCFA’s original charge by clicking on the following link: SCFA UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CHARGE. Read PERB’s recent complaint by clicking on [...]
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Bob Meister spoke about fee hikes and student debt at the annual meeting of the California AAUP on November 6, 2010 at UC Berkeley. You can view video of his talk by clicking [here]
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Over 1200 staff and faculty at the University of California have signed a petition protesting a demand by top UC executives for higher compensation. To sign the petition, go here The petition reads: We, the undersigned faculty and staff of the University of California, urge you to resist the request by 36 top executives and deans to raise the pensions of those making over $245K. At a time when the UC pension system is endangered and the entire instructional and research enterprise of UC is imperiled we find it outrageous that these managers — whose very job it is to steward the system — would demand exorbitant pension compensation. They cannot have it both ways: private sector salary levels and [...]
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PRESS RELEASE, January 4, 2011 SAVE the University and the Berkeley Faculty Association UC FACULTY OUTRAGED BY “THE GILDED 36″, WORRIED ABOUT REPERCUSSIONS FOR UC Nearly 1000 UC faculty and staff have signed a petition to UC President Mark Yudof condemning the demands of the 36 UC executives threatening to sue UC over the pension cap on salaries above $245K. The number of signatories is remarkable given that the petition has been circulating for less than two days and campuses are only slowly reopening after winter break. Approximately 80% of the signatories are faculty. The petition, http://www.gopetition.com/petition/41718.html, reads in part: “At a time when the UC pension system is endangered and the entire instructional and research enterprise of UC is [...]
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