As many of our members probably know, over the past few years a number of groups have been working to develop family-friendly policies. At the systemwide level, The “UC Faculty Family Friendly Edge” (an initiative funded by the Sloan Foundation…
The Board of the DFA has recently considered an analysis of the UC salary scale and recommendations by the system wide CAP (please see the link to the original document www.universityofcalifornia.edu We find the statistics disturbing in terms of the…
by Ian Kennedy, DFA Chair On Monday 29th January, representatives of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) met with representatives of the Human Resources Department of the UC Office of the President in Oakland. CUCFA was represented by its…
(crossposted from ) February 9, 2007 Dear Judy: We agreed at our meeting on January 29 that you would send CUCFA the agenda materials for the February 9 meeting of the UC Faculty Welfare Committee and ask Chair Susan French’s…
Recent actions by the campus to provide your personal tax information to a private company without your consent have raised concern that has resulted in some attempts by our Administration to mollify the faculty. The Board of the DFA believes…
This brief communication is to let members know that the DFA Board is actively pursuing several important issues and is working with members to resolve various problems. This bulletin will serve as an overview of additional, more detailed, briefs to…
…Asked Vice-Provost Horwitz how the new diversity language included in merit and promotion actions would affect faculty. Her response: “I do not interpret the revised languages in APM 210/240/245A as altering the criteria for merit or promotion.” …Investigated a complaint…
by Ian Kennedy At the October meeting of the Davis Faculty Association Board, discussion centered on the financial solvency and viability of the Association. Despite some recent, modest successes in recruiting, membership in the Association over the past year has…
by Ian Kennedy On Friday August 25th, I attended a meeting of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations at the UC Office of the President (UCOP) in Oakland. The Council was represented by Bob Meister (CUCFA President and…
by Charles P. Nash Around November 1 of each year the status of retiree health benefits becomes a matter of immediate concern to the Emeriti members of the various Faculty Associations and the Emeriti Associations on all the UC campuses.…
