An Independent Senate Faculty Union
An Independent Senate Faculty Union
October 5, 2022 The SCFA has been in negotiations with the campus administration regarding their proposed 2022-2023 salary equity program, and after reaching a tentative agreement with the administration regarding that program, we brought the final proposal to our members…
SCFA sent EVC Kletzer the following letter on August 11, 2022, about teaching accommodations for instructors with immuno-compromised household members. If you haven’t already, please let us know if this or similar issues are of concern to you. Update: On…
Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA, of which SCFA is the UCSC chapter) President Constance Penley attended the historic National AAUP convention on June 16-18 in Arlington, VA, as the CUCFA delegate, which meant that she had an opportunity to…
SANTA CRUZ: OFFICE OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE May 31, 2022 LORI KLETZER Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor RE: SEC/SCFA on Senate Faculty Range Adjustments and Salary Equity Planning Dear Lori, We write, first, to express our appreciation that the…
February 14, 2022 Dear Cindy and Lori, We write to you with concerns raised by several faculty members about the process for attaining COVID accommodations for teaching modality. We share their concerns and raise the two primary issues that have…
December 14, 2021 Dear Cindy and Lori, We write to you with concerns related to UCSC’s implementation of UC President Drake’s announced 2021-22 range adjustment of 3% to the Senate faculty salary scales. SCFA’s members have brought a query to…
August 26, 2021 Dear Colleagues, The SCFA Executive Board wanted to alert you to the below message we sent yesterday to campus administration. We have heard from members who have concerns about returning to in-person teaching next month in light…
Please see the below letter to EVC Kletzer about fall teaching, sent jointly by SCFA, UC-AFT (the lecturers’ union), and UAW 2865 (the TA’s union). Linked here is the Senate Executive Committee’s letter on this topic, which we echo in…
The SCFA invites you to a membership meeting to discuss faculty working conditions, open to all Senate Faculty. Please save the date: Thursday April 8, 2021, 4-5:30PM. Please RSVP to scfa.assist@gmail.com to receive the agenda and ZOOM link for the…
As many of you know, our lecturer colleagues—who teach over 30% of undergraduate student credit hours on this campus—have been bargaining for a new contract with UC for almost two years, and they have been working without a contract for more…