The DFA uses a variety of advocacy strategies: we meet with and write letters to campus and system-wide administrators and to Academic Senate leaders; we organize with other faculty, staff union and student groups on this campus and in other…
This is a post to alert you to an issue that will affect all members of the UCD faculty and staff. As you may have seen in an email from UCOP, UC has shifted the health insurance structures for all…
As many of you are aware, the DFA is one of the organizations that supports the Charles P. Nash Prize, which is funded by the campus community and Charlie’s family and friends. Its goal is to acknowledge achievement in and…
Last month we notified you of an ongoing issue regarding funding to support healthcare and retirement counseling programs. The lobbying by the senate, retirees, and FA’s was successful: Dwaine Duckett, UCOP VP of Human Resources, has announced that UCOP will…
Members of the Davis Faculty Association should be aware of an ongoing issue regarding funding to support healthcare and retirement counseling programs on this campus. The basic facts of the current situation are as follows. The Office of the President…
The Legislative Analyst’s Office released a report today “University of California Faculty Recruiting and Retention.” This report challenges UCOP’s findings that faculty compensation is lagging, finding instead that UC’s average salary (apx. $120,000 — excludes health sciences and law) is…
