SCFA has heard from many members about widespread experiences of exhaustion and overwork. The causes of this are multiple, complex, and unevenly distributed, but we are committed to finding ways to address this pervasive problem for UCSC faculty.
- 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
- Request for Information regarding staffing
Andrew Slobodien, JD Director of Labor and Employee Relations University of California, Santa Cruz Dear Andrew, Our apologies for not being specific enough in our previous RFI regarding staff FTE in positions that support faculty. Below please find a revised… Read more: Request for Information regarding staffing - RFI: Changes in Staff Support
Andrew Slobodien, JD Director of Labor and Employee Relations University of California, Santa Cruz RFI: Changes in staff support Dear Andrew, In discussing issues with our members, we are consistently hearing that staff shortages are impacting faculty workloads. We appreciate… Read more: RFI: Changes in Staff Support - RFI: AIR and Senate Faculty Teaching Capacity/Expectations
May 8, 2023 Patricia L. Hardaway Associate Vice Chancellor for Staff Human Resources and HRO (Interim) University of California, Santa Cruz RE: AIR and Senate Faculty Teaching Capacity/Expectations Dear Pat, SCFA understands that the AIR budget model makes reference to… Read more: RFI: AIR and Senate Faculty Teaching Capacity/Expectations - Joint union message to UCSC Labor Relations re: Fall grades
Dear Devan Desai, We write, collectively, as representatives of UAW 2865, UC-AFT, and SCFA. Due to the UAW’s strike over UC’s unfair labor practices during contract negotiations, a significant amount of the labor required to complete Fall 2022 grade submission… Read more: Joint union message to UCSC Labor Relations re: Fall grades - SCFA General Meeting 10/26/20
SCFA invites you to a membership meeting-open to all Senate faculty-on Monday October 26, 6:45-8PM. In this moment of budget cuts and remote teaching amid the COVID pandemic, this meeting is an opportunity for all of us, together, to discuss… Read more: SCFA General Meeting 10/26/20 - * 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
- SCFA General Meeting, 1/13/20 from 5-7, Humanities 1, Room 202Last quarter the SCFA executive board issued public statements supporting a COLA for graduate students and outlining our understanding of faculty obligations during the grade strike. Those communications followed extensive consultation with SCFA’s lawyers. We have since met with the… Read more: SCFA General Meeting, 1/13/20 from 5-7, Humanities 1, Room 202