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Demanding that Chancellor Gillman retract his misleading statement and defend academic freedom

The Irvine Faculty Association (IFA) fully supports the statement from the UC-wide Council of Faculty Associations (CUCFA) about the urgency of defending academic freedom and the free speech rights of instructional faculty and students to express support for the Palestinian … Continue reading

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Sign our letter objecting to unreasonable increases in health benefit costs

Dear IFA members and all fellow UC Irvine Faculty, On October 26th, every UC employee received an Open Enrollment notice with new rates for healthcare benefits. The increases in the employee health benefits share are unprecedented and alarming. Costs for … Continue reading

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Call for the inclusion of caste within UC’s anti-discrimination policy

On March 19, 2023, CUCFA endorsed the following letter, which will be sent to President Drake, UC Chancellors, and Board of Regents calling for the inclusion of caste within the University of California’s anti-discrimination policy. To join this call, sign … Continue reading

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Reject Punitive Austerity at the University of California

The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA), in collaboration with University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), which represents over 6,000 UC Unit 18 faculty and librarians, is collecting faculty and lecturer signatures on a letter we intend to … Continue reading

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Statement on UC’s Attestation Form for Faculty

Dear colleagues: We write to follow up on Provost Hal Stern’s email requesting that faculty fill out “attestation forms” about their strike activities. The position of University of California Council of Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and the Irvine Faculty Association (IFA) … Continue reading

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Post-strike grading update

As you are likely aware, in the next few days faculty will receive attestation forms to document any strike-related withholding of labor they engaged in during the recent TA and postdoctoral researcher strike. The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) … Continue reading

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IFA letter to Senate Chair Streidter in response to his post-strike pay and guidance letter of January 14

Dear Chair Striedter, We write as members of the Board of the Irvine Faculty Association to express our strong concern at the content of your January 14th email to Senate faculty regarding strike-related pay, guidance and implementation, as well as … Continue reading

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Faculty support requested by UAW: Contact your legislator

UAW 2865 President Rafael Jaime asked CUCFA to circulate this message of thanks to faculty for their support and solidarity. At this crucial phase of the strike and in the face of UC’s intransigence, he is asking us to call … Continue reading

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Response to message from Provost and EVP of Academic Affairs Michael Brown

Dear Colleagues, On Thursday, December 1, Senate faculty received a potentially misleading email from the President’s Office of the University of California, titled “Regarding Faculty Rights and Responsibilities,” and signed by Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Michael … Continue reading

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Faculty Associations’ letter to President Drake about Senate Faculty Support of UAW-2865, UAW-5810, and SRU-UAW

November 11, 2022 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, We are again writing to you as the leadership of … Continue reading

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