Update: Success! A group of SCFA members brought a resolution to the UCSC Academic Senate, on November 15, 2019, in support of the impending negotiations between AFT-represented lecturers and the University of California. The faculty voted for the resolution almost unanimously (one abstention). The text of the resolution is in the original post below:
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The SCFA will bring a resolution to the November 15, 2019 Senate meeting expressing support for the lecturers (AFT) in their bargaining with the university. The language of the resolution is pasted below. Please come and speak in favor and vote!
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To: Academic Senate, Santa Cruz Division
Whereas: Lecturers are essential members of the UC Santa Cruz community and they carry out their duties with energy, dedication, and professionalism;
Whereas: the teaching excellence on this campus and across the University of California depends in no small part on these lecturers;
Whereas: lecturers teach over 30% of undergraduate student credit hours on this campus and across the University of California;
Whereas: lecturers provide vital service to this campus and across the University of California in many forms including engaging in Senate committees, curriculum development, and program assessment;
Whereas: these lecturers, represented by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), are currently engaged in bargaining over their next contract;
Be it resolved that: the UCSC Academic Senate supports the lecturers’ calls for higher wages, compensation for service, and stability of employment and urges the University, in its negotiations with the AFT, to recognize, respect, and reward the vital contributions that lecturers make to our campus community and to the University of California.
Respectfully Submitted,
Executive Board of the Santa Cruz Faculty Association