Governor Gavin Newson presented his 2020-21 state budget proposal last Friday. The full budget summary is here. The detailed budget is also online, and the UC portion can be found here. UC Board of Regents Chair John Pérez and UC…
The 15,000 members of AFSCME 3299’s patient-care unit, plus 9,000 from AFSCME’s service unit and 15,000 research, technical and health-care professionals represented by UPTE-CWA, have announced a strike for October 23 through 25. According to the Sacramento Bee, “Both AFSCME…
Prepared on behalf of the DFA Board by Joe Kiskis. FLASH: four new Regents appointed today, June 2. See next edition for comments. Topics in this news update: Davis Faculty Association membership building Phil Kass to Vice Provost Academic Affairs…
On February 10, 2016, the Assembly of the Academic Senate of the University of California adopted the following resolution and sent it to UC President Janet Napolitano: The Assembly rejects the imposition of the PEPRA cap on the University of…
The Davis Faculty Association, via the Council of UC Faculty Associations, is a member of the UC Union Coalition. A Union Coalition petition in opposition to detrimental changes to UC pension benefits is available here: Please read it and…
President Napolitano has charged a task force with developing a new 2016 UC Retirement Plan tier for faculty and other employees hired after June 30, 2016. We urge you to read CUCFA’s letter which details the proposed changes to the…
Professor Celeste Langan spoke on behalf of the UC Faculty Associations at the July 22, 2015 UC Regents meeting during the public comment period. Below is a copy of her full comments: As co-Chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association…
Dear Colleagues, A year ago Colleen Lye and James Vernon, co-chairs of the Berkeley Faculty Association, drew the attention of faculty across the ten campuses of the University of California to the continuing degradation of their pensions, benefits and salaries.…
