An Independent Senate Faculty Union
An Independent Senate Faculty Union
CUCFA and UAW virtual town hall Friday, November 11, 4-5 pm, Please pre-register for this event: Dear Colleagues, The Academic Student Employees, Postdocs, Academic Researchers, and Student Researchers plan to begin striking this coming Monday, November 14th. The…
On November 14th, tens of thousands of academic workers represented by UAW 2865 (the Union of Academic Student Employees at UC), UAW 5810 (Postdocs and Academic Researchers), and SRU-UAW (Student Researchers) will begin striking to resolve Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs).…
The Santa Cruz Faculty Association – your union! – would like to invite you to a fall gathering on Thursday, November 10th from 4:30 – 6:30 at the Cowell Provost House. We want to celebrate some recent union victories, welcome…
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…