Dear DFA members, I am forwarding to you an invitation that Walter Leal is sending out. While this is not a DFA event, I think this will likely be of interest to you. In a followup message he added: “If…
Dear DFA members, Our colleague Walter Leal has forwarded the following note asking faculty to sign on to the letter to President Drake, Provost Newman & Academic Senate Chair Cheung regarding COLA and medical plan costs. Dear Colleagues, We wrote…
Dear DFA members, We are sharing this letter-writing initiative begun by faculty, students, and staff to bring attention to problems with UCPath in case you are interested in signing on. Please consider signing this letter online, and sharing the link…
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…
