On Friday, January 23, 2023, our Minnesota union siblings–including the St. Paul Federation of Educators (AFT) and the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO–along with activists and community members have called a General Strike, “A Day of Truth and Freedom.” Today, Jan. 20th, your UC-AFT Council, the highest decision-making body in our union, voted unanimously […]
In this NBC7 coverage of the strike at Preuss School (UCSD), UC-AFT bargaining team member David Weber describes what Preuss teachers have been fighting for: “Ultimately, we’re hoping to create this school where people want to come and teach and kids want to come and learn,” Weber said. Watch the clip at NBC7 News and […]
Read More… from “Teachers at UC San Diego’s college-prep school launch 2-Day strike,” NBC7, 12/16
Dear UC-AFT Members: We are writing to you to express our outrage at Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Benjamin Hermalin’s recommendation to suspend UC Berkeley lecturer Peyrin Kao for his free speech and expression, which are protected by the First Amendment and the principles of academic freedom, per UC policy and our union’s collective bargaining […]
Read More… from Letter to Members Re: Peyrin Kao Suspension, UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter (12/17)
In August, the Trump Administration suspended over $584 million of federal research grants to UCLA and issued a series of demands to the UC Board of Regents that UCLA would be required to meet in order for the grant-funding to be restored. UCLA was the first public university to receive such a demand from the […]
Our efforts to fight back against the Trump administration’s attack on the UC made the Sunday edition of the New York Times! While UC administrators are attempting to negotiate with the White House behind closed doors, UC-AFT joined with our fellow UC unions and Faculty Associations, which together represent over 100,000 UC workers, to defend our […]
Open Letter to Chancellor Lyons, from the Bay Area Chapter of UC-AFT View this as a PDF To: Rich Lyons, Chancellor of University of California, Berkeley From: the UC-AFT, Union of Lecturers and Librarians at UC Berkeley Friday, September 19, 2025 Chancellor Lyons, A member of our union, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences […]
Read More… from Open Letter to Chancellor Lyons, from the Bay Area Chapter of UC-AFT (9/19/25)
Lawsuit Challenges Administration’s Intimidation and Targeting of Higher Education San Francisco, CA – A broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking to stop the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech within the University […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The coalition of UC unions condemns Trump’s attacks on the University of California The Coalition of UC Unions -– representing tens of thousands of UC workers, including health care workers, tenure-track faculty, service workers, instructors, and academic researchers -– has released a statement condemning the Trump administration’s unprecedented actions against the University […]
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)
