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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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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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We support the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council-authored requirement

Below is a letter from Constance Penley, on behalf of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, to Professor Madeleine Sorapure, Chair of the UC Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, in support of the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council-authored … Continue reading

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Our Letter to UC about the Potential for Censorship of Faculty by Private Technology Providers

September 24, 2020 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, As members of the Board of the Council of UC … 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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Letter to Chancellor Gillman from the UCI Faculty Association 2/26/20

Dear Chancellor Gillman: We are writing as UCI faculty to express our concern about the arrest and detention of Shikera Chamndany, a UCI biomedical engineering alumna. Chamndany went to the Registrar in Aldrich Hall on February 20 at the same … Continue reading

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Paid Family Leave for UC Employees

The Council of UC Faculty Associations’ board has just signed on to a proposal to provide paid family leave to all who work at the University of California. Most working residents of California have access to financial support for pregnancy, … Continue reading

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