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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
UC-AFT member Stephen Rosenbaum (UCB Law School) was featured in this news segment about the Free Speech rally at UCB on March 19, 2025. Go Team UC-AFT! […]
In this recent article from the Santa Cruz Lookout about the UC-wide hiring freeze, UC-AFT campus rep Jeb Purucker highlighted what’s at stake for teaching faculty and librarians: “It’s the university transferring its own budget woes and its own debt problems onto the people at the bottom,” he said. He argued that administrative positions have […]
Tribute to Michael Burawoy Written by Joanna Reed, on behalf of the UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter executive board David Skolnick, Timothy Vollmer, Jose Adrian Barragan-Alvarez, David Walter, Balthazar Beckett, Nicholas Dehler, Sarah Rosenkrantz, Tehmina Khan, Joseph Klett, Anibel Ferus-Comelo, Ramona Collins, Margi Wald, Jennifer Nelson, Cameron Clark, Catherine Bordel, Khalid Kadir, Barbara Barnes We, […]
Read the letter to Pres. Drake and UC Chancellors here: UC-AFT Response to EOs January 29, 2025 Dear President Drake and UC Chancellors, This week’s memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the suspension of federal funding and grant programs has many UC-AFT members anxious and looking for answers. These cuts […]
