As UCI proposes drastic 9% cuts to its School of Humanities, UC-AFT teaching faculty and graduate student workers from UAW 4811 rallied in protest. Speaking to the New University, Chris Varela, a full-time composition lecturer who has taught at UCI for a decade, explained how bureaucratic and painful the experience can be. Despite passing his […]
Our VP of Legislation, Trevor Griffey, has published a new piece about the devastating budget cuts being imposed on our campuses, which we have republished with his permission below. For academic year appointments, reappointment letters should be received by June 1 (quarter campuses) or May 1 (semesters). If you have received a layoff notice or […]
Read More… from “Betrayed: UC is about to make $267 MILLION in Unnecessary Budget Cuts…” (5/25/25)
In this piece from the Santa Cruz Lookout, Hillary Ojeda describes a recently released report by two Faculty Committees — the Committee on Teaching and the Committee on Educational Policy — based on the results of their survey of their fellow faculty members about UCSC’s ongoing budget cuts. Citing an $81 million deficit, campus administrators have been […]
Following Gov. Newsom’s announcement about his revised budget, UC-AFT and our parent union CFT issued the following statement: “Today’s proposal lowered the 8% cuts to the UC the governor first proposed in January to 3% but, unfortunately, the University of California management has already made cuts in line with the January proposal. While we appreciate […]
Read More… from CFT/UC-AFT statement on California May Revise (5/15/25)
Student journalists at the Preuss School (UCSD) issued this report on their teachers’ ongoing fight for a fair contract, including a student walkout. As the reporter describes, the walkout demonstrated, “student solidarity with their teachers and their support for a raise in teachers wages,” which are 20% less than teachers in the San Diego Unified […]
Read More… from Preuss Teachers fight for a Fair Contract – Feb. 2025
UC-AFT Anti-Racism Committee Statement on Termination of Student Visas as endorsed by UC-AFT Council April 19 The UCAFT Anti-Racism Committee supports the statements of our union and other related unions that condemn the Trump Administration’s termination of international student visas, its violation of constitutional law, and its abrogation of human rights under a growing […]
Read More… from UC-AFT Anti-Racism Committee Statement on Termination of Student Visas
In this article from Politico about the Trump Administration’s request for information about teaching faculty, President Katie Rodger affirmed UC-AFT’s objections to the university providing personal information without consent. “This is not an attempt just to get information,” Rodger said. “This is where the EEOC and the Trump administration are asserting power over universities in an attempt […]
After an announcement over the weekend that the Trump administration has revoked the visas of some 44 international students at UC campuses, UC-AFT joined with our faculty allies from CUCFA (Council of University of California Faculty Associations) to demand that President Drake and the leadership of the UC act urgently to protect our students. With […]
Read More… from CUCFA and UC-AFT Letter to Drake on revocation of student visas (4.6.25)
Our colleagues at Citric Acid have published a version of the speech which UCI Lecturer and Academic Researcher Prof. Ricky D. Crano shared with a group of 75 supporters at a recent campus rally on his behalf. Members of the UAW and UC-AFT attempted to deliver a petition to Humanities Dean Tyrus Miller asking for Crano’s full […]
In response UC President Michael V. Drake’s March 19 announcement of a UC-wide hiring freeze, UC-AFT President Katie Rodger issued the following statement: “UC-AFT Local 1474 joins the community of University of California faculty, staff, and students alarmed by President Drake’s March 19, 2025 message about impending cuts and a systemwide hiring freeze. We call upon […]
