An Independent Senate Faculty Union
An Independent Senate Faculty Union
December 2, 2022 As we near the end of the fall quarter without a resolution between two striking units (UAW 2865 and UAW SRU) and UCOP, SCFA wants to acknowledge that instructional faculty who started the quarter with TAs or…
November 13, 2022 SCFA is sharing important clarifications that CUCFA has issued to their FAQ in response to confusions arising from the November 10 communication from Academic Council Chair Cochrane and Vice Chair Steintrager. We appreciate the efforts to remind…
November 11, 2022 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, We are again writing to you as the leadership of…
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…