SCFA is the only UC Senate Faculty Association that is a certified collective bargaining agent. This means that the university has an obligation to negotiate with us over locally-determined policies or practices that impact the terms and conditions of our employment. In addition to some of the specific negotiations outlined below, we meet regularly with Labor Relations to discuss the working conditions of faculty and communicate emergent issues.
- 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 - 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,… Read more: Childcare negotiations - 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
- Fall 2022 instructors with immuno-compromised household 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… Read more: Fall 2022 instructors with immuno-compromised household members - * 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
- * SCFA Victory: Academic Analytics is OutThe SCFA became concerned with the AA relationship in the spring of 2016 (see earlier report here). Reports from other universities that had contracts with AA, particularly a detailed report from Rutgers University, suggested numerous problems with their data, most… Read more: * SCFA Victory: Academic Analytics is Out
- * SCFA Response to Notice for Fall 2020 Online Course ProposalsJune 10, 2020 Jennifer Schiffner Director, Employee & Labor Relations University of California, Santa Cruz Dear Jen, Thanks for your letter of June 9. The clarifications you sent, particularly the sunset clause, represent progress in the protection of faculty rights.… Read more: * SCFA Response to Notice for Fall 2020 Online Course Proposals
- * SCFA’s request to bargain – 2/18/20As the exclusive senate-faculty bargaining unit at UCSC, the SCFA is empowered to bargain with the administration over terms and conditions of senate-faculty employment at UCSC (not including system-wide matters). On February 18, the SCFA delivered a request to bargain… Read more: * SCFA’s request to bargain – 2/18/20
- * 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