An Independent Senate Faculty Union
An Independent Senate Faculty Union
The social movement known as Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is growing and raising issues of direct relevance to the faculty, students and staff of the University of California, including contracting opportunities and increasing debt loads for our students created by…
September19, 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,…
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,…
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…
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]
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…
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…
Expert Analysis of and Commentary on New Post Employment Benefits Options: URGENT UC employees’ Retirement Benefits will change significantly when the Regents decide among new retirement benefits options developed by the UC Post Employment Benefits Task Force. Each of these…
UC panel’s plan to raise money comes under fire Justin Berton, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, December 7, 2010 The University of California should admit more out-of-state students and offer online classes and three-year degrees as a way to raise money,…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations endorses this call for an investigation. This incident took place on Wednesday, November 17th during the protest at the UC Regents’ Meeting at UCSF-Mission Bay. Students were protesting an additional 8% tuition hike. Dear…