Category Archives: CUCFA Statements and Letters

CUCFA Statement On Campus Protests

The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) denounces the growing number of attempts to intimidate, repress, and criminalize campus protests of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza that is supported economically and politically by the United States. Many of us have … 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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Report from the 2022 National AAUP Convention

Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA, of which IFA is the UC Irvine chapter) President Constance Penley attended the historic National AAUP convention on June 16-18 in Arlington, VA, as the CUCFA delegate, which meant that she had an opportunity … 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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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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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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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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Faculty response to UC’s Contract with General Dynamics Information Technology

June 21, 2018 President Janet Napolitano University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Email: president@ucop.edu Dear President Napolitano, The Board of the Council of UC Faculty Associations applauds you for your forthright support for UC’s undocumented … Continue reading

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