Category Archives: University Managment

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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Union Letter Urges Critical COVID Protections for Workers

August 30, 2022 Dr. Michael V Drake, President and UC RegentsUniversity of California Office of the PresidentUniversity of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th FloorOakland, CA 94607 Re: UCUC Urge Critical COVID Protections for Workers Dear President Drake and UC Regents: … Continue reading

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Letter from Irvine Faculty Association regarding campus police reform – 8/7/20

The IFA Board sent the following letter to Chancellor Gillman in response to his August 6 email to the UCI community regarding policing and race at UCI. Dear Chancellor Gillman, We write as board members of the Irvine Faculty Association, … Continue reading

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President Napolitano, please extend striking student health insurance for COVID-19

March 14, 2020 Dear President Napolitano, The Faculty Organizing Group at UCSC has just issued a very important letter to UCSC’s EVC Kletzer (copied below) in which they call for an act of “empathy, compassion, and responsibility” in reinstating the … Continue reading

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IFA’s response to VC Haynes concerning the arrest and detention of an alumna.

The IFA Board sent the following response to Vice Chancellor Haynes, who responded to our letter of  February 26, 2020 concerning the arrest and detention of a UCI biomedical engineering alumna. March 6, 2020 Dear Vice Chancellor Haynes, Thank you … Continue reading

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CUCFA’s Letter re: the Academic Advisory Committee for the Selection of a New UC President

Below is a copy of a letter The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) sent to the chair and vice chair of the systemwide Academic Senate regarding the academic advisory committee for the selection of a new UC President. October … Continue reading

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UC abandons plans for closer affiliation with Dignity Health

We learned today that the concerted and united efforts of many (including the Faculty Association) have been successful in getting UCSF to give up on its plan to affiliate with Dignity Health. This is an especially important fight, and victory, … Continue reading

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CA-AAUP and CUCFA Issue Statement in Support of UC Workers

The executive board of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) joins the executive board of the California Conference of the American Association of University Professors to express unconditional support for the just demands of our colleagues and friends of … Continue reading

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Joint Letter in Support of Librarian Academic Freedom

August 18, 2018 President Janet Napolitano University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Email: president@ucop.edu Joint statement by CUCFA and CA-AAUP: On July 26, 2018 UC negotiators rejected a proposal by the UC-AFT Unit 17 that … Continue reading

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IFA letter concerning the appointment of Michelle Deutchman as the first Executive Director of UC’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

The Board of the Irvine Faculty Association sent the letter below to Chancellor Gillman and UC Berkeley Law School Dean Chemerinsky concerning the appointment of the first Executive Director of UC’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, on … Continue reading

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