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Members of the UCSB chapter and their students and supporters at a rally in 2021. Some hold pickets reading "End Unpaid Work Now!" and "UC-AFT Faculty Demand Job Security!". Some hold banners, one on the right reads "The UC Works Because We Do" with hundreds of member signatures. The one in the center reads "Faculty Equity- Student Success."

Welcome Gauchos! The UCSB chapter of UC-AFT represents around 350 lecturers, librarians, and supervisors of teacher education.

Our Chapter Collective which governs and organizes our union locally meets monthly. We’d love to see you at our next meeting!

We are a member-driven chapter, working to support one another to better understand our rights at work. Our union has negotiated specific policies for our various constituencies. Learn more about these policies below.

Your Chapter Governance

Our chapter holds monthly membership meetings that are open to all unit members. If you’re interested in participating, contact the Executive Board Co-Chairs using the chapter email listed in the side menu of this page. The UC-AFT Santa Barbara Chapter is guided by an elected team of local officers, including:

  • Unit 17 Co-Chair: Catherine Busselen
  • Unit 18 Co-Chair: Pedro M. Craveiro
  • Unit 17 Grievance Steward: Erin Smith
  • Unit 18 Grievance Steward: Marion Phillips
  • Collective Officer: Rebecca Brown
  • Collective Officer: Emiko Saldivar
  • Retiree Member-at-Large: Larry McLellan
  • Statewide Council Representatives: Catherine Busselen and Pedro M. Craveiro
Unit 18 Contract Campaign Committee:
  • Table Team Representative: Trish Fancher
  • Table Team Representative: Daraka Larimore-Hall
  • Communications: Chris Dean

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Members of the UCSB chapter wearing masks and holding handmade signs that read "Job Security now!!" "No Benefits" "Can't Pay My Student Loan" and "Professional in Poverty."

UC Santa Barbara, 2020.

Members of UC-AFT, many in masks and blue union t-shirts, marching with students and carrying picket signs reading "End Unpaid Work Now!" and "UC-AFT Faculty Demand Job Security" at UCSB in 2020.

UC Santa Barbara, 2020.

A young couple holding picket signs reading "End Unpaid Work Now!" at UCSB in 2020. The woman has a sleeping baby nested on her chest in a wrap.

UC Santa Barbara, 2020.

On the right, a pile of UC-AFT blue t-shirts in a box, which a student seated behind it. On the left, a blue tent labelled "Central Coast Labor Council" with a few people standing under it. In the center, a speaker on a microphone addresses the crowd. Sun splash makes the image slightly blurry/out of focus.

UC Santa Barbara, 2021.