SCFA Happy Hour December 18, 2024, from 5-7PM, at Lúpulo
UC Santa Cruz Faculty Association
An Independent Senate Faculty Union
UC Santa Cruz Faculty Association
An Independent Senate Faculty Union
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SCFA Budget Teach-in: Nov 4th, 6pm
Are you worried about budget cuts and austerity measures at UCSC? The Santa Cruz Faculty Association (SCFA) invites you to a budget teach-in where you will learn more about how the budget works (and doesn’t) and discuss how faculty can…
The Santa Cruz Faculty Association Invites you to the Welcome Back Social 10/17/24
Faculty File Historic Academic Freedom Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against UC
The SCFA joined with our fellow Faculty Associations across the system to file an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the university for their handling of the Gaza solidarity encampments around the state. The charge maintains that the UC violated established…
2024 salary negotiations
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…
Childcare negotiations
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,…
UAW strike and faculty rights
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…
SCFA Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge re: union access to meetings
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…
Letter to administration regarding the policing of campus protests
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…
May day message
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…