Rally on the 24th
Students, faculty and the UPTE union are organizing a rally at noon on the Quad on the 24th September. If you intend to teach that day, you might want to inform your class of this activity.
Category Calls to Action
Outrageous Sac Bee editorial
Over the weekend the Sacramento Bee wrote an editorial outrageously insulting to faculty. The original editorial is available online at: It has since been republished in slightly modified form at: The Bee had earlier written a news article…
Press Release from AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress
Plenty of familiar themes in this press release from AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress: ———————– AAUP’s Collective Bargaining Congress (CBC) Executive Committee Issues Resolution For Release: August 18, 2009 – Howard Bunsis, AAUP CBC Chair – Washington, D.C. Turn it around;…
The “Emergency” – A Legal Update
by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) Emergency powers are typically used to impose secrecy and sidestep normal procedures. The “Extreme Financial Emergency” declared by the Regents allows President Yudof do this. He can “suspend the operation…
Furlough Survey Results To Date
We have received 57 responses to the furlough survey to date. On the main question of whether furlough days should be scheduled on instructional days, 43 said at least some furlough days should be scheduled on teaching days, 7 were…
Davis Division Academic Senate Furlough Survey
We encourage our members to add their comments to both the DFA and the Davis Senate web sites in regard to furlough implementation plans. The DFA site is also open to the FA members from other campuses and we plan…