SCFA, along with the Academic Senate, has consistently advocated for across-the-board increases for all UCSC faculty to address the generalized gap between our salaries and those of our comparison institutions, including across the UC system, and for salary interventions that address inequities that emerge between faculty on our own campus.
- SCFA Budget Teach-in: Nov 4th, 6pmAre 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… Read more: SCFA Budget Teach-in: Nov 4th, 6pm
- 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… Read more: 2024 salary negotiations - Sign-on letter objecting to unreasonable increases in health benefit costs
Dear colleagues, On October 26th, every UC employee received an Open Enrollment notice with new rates for healthcare benefits. The increases in the employee health benefits share are unprecedented and alarming. Costs for healthcare benefits will be going up between… Read more: Sign-on letter objecting to unreasonable increases in health benefit costs - Faculty Salary Equity ProgramOctober 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… Read more: Faculty Salary Equity Program
- * SEC/SCFA on Senate Faculty Range Adjustments and Salary Equity PlanningSANTA 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… Read more: * SEC/SCFA on Senate Faculty Range Adjustments and Salary Equity Planning
- * UCSC’s implementation of 3% adjustment to Senate faculty salary scalesDecember 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… Read more: * UCSC’s implementation of 3% adjustment to Senate faculty salary scales
- * Paid Family Leave for UC EmployeesThe Council of UC Faculty Associations’ board has just signed on to a proposal to provide paid family leave to all who work at the University of California. Most working residents of California have access to financial support for pregnancy,… Read more: * Paid Family Leave for UC Employees
- * Update on Online EducationWe concluded our bargaining with the university over revenues for online course offerings in December 2016. Under the current agreement, 40% of any revenues above course development costs will go to the faculty developer, a figure double the university’s original… Read more: * Update on Online Education
- * Summer Session Salary NegotiationsIn December 2016 the university proposed a cap on summer school salaries, and the SCFA began bargaining on the issue. We first succeeded in getting the university to agree not to implement proposed changes in Summer 2017. Bargaining on the… Read more: * Summer Session Salary Negotiations