An Independent Senate Faculty Union
An Independent Senate Faculty Union
In response to administrative proposals to establish a pilot Salary Equity Review program and to address challenges that often arise because of overlapping steps at promotion to Associate, we continued to advocate for a comprehensive salary program that would address…
SCFA worked with the Academic Mothers Faculty Community Network in trying to negotiate for a temporary childcare subsidy for faculty with children under the age of five years old. Childcare is an urgent need for faculty parents, and especially mothers,…
During the Spring 2024 UAW ULP strike, SCFA continued to provide critical information to faculty members. On May 3, following the UAW’s call for a strike authorization vote, we emphasized that faculty should not be expected to do the work…
As your union, we take seriously our responsibility to provide you with legally accurate information. To that end, as we communicated in our email of May 19, the SCFA has been and remains available to meet with individuals or groups…
Dear Chancellor Larive and EVC Kletzer, In light of recent police use of excessive force and violence across college campuses nationwide, the SCFA Executive Board calls on UCSC campus leadership to reject pressure to criminalize student-led protests of Israel’s ongoing…
Happy May Day! The Executive Board of SCFA sends you greetings and solidarity in advance of this international workers’ day. We write to encourage faculty to attend tomorrow’s May Day rally in solidarity with the Palestine General Federation of Trade…
This Senate Resolution to Defend Academic Freedom and Shared Governance will be discussed at the upcoming Senate meeting (March 13, 2:30-5pm). SCFA is one of the co-sponsors and we write to encourage you to 1) click here to join over 100 other Senate…
Dear colleagues, It has been a busy and distressing few months. As your union, we’ve been tracking a variety of issues that are impacting faculty work here at UCSC. This message includes information on SCFA activities related to: Effort report…
Dear Senate Faculty, Academic freedom is on many of our minds. For some of us, recent messaging from UCSC campus administration has raised concerns that our administrators may misinterpret faculty responsibilities in a way that could conflict with faculty rights.…