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UC-AFT Statement on UC Campus Climate Policy Changes

Posted on September 16, 2024 (September 18, 2024)

UC-AFT Statement on UC Campus Climate Policy Changes Executive Board – September 16, 2024 SUMMARY: New Speech and Assembly Regulations Threaten Our Labor Rights UC-AFT’s Executive Board is deeply concerned that recent changes to the University of California’s “campus climate” policies will negatively impact our members’ protected rights to picket and protest, their reappointments, their workplace […]

“Faculty Unions Across the Country Push Back against Congressional Hearing on Campus Protests As Attacks on Campus Free Speech,” Davis Vanguard (2024)

Posted on May 23, 2024 (September 18, 2024)

UC-AFT President Katie Roger and VP of Unit 18 John Branstetter travelled to Washington, D.C. as part of a delegation of higher ed union leaders to express their opposition to the hearings being held by the House Education and Workforce Committee, claiming their “extremist [Congress] members are intent on assailing academic freedom and silencing campus […]

PRESS RELEASE: UC-AFT Leaders Respond to Committee on Education and the Workforce Hearing Regarding Actions Taken by UCLA Chancellor Block

Posted on May 22, 2024 (September 18, 2024)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UC-AFT Leaders Respond to Committee on Education and the Workforce Hearing Regarding Actions Taken by UCLA Chancellor Block Media contacts: UC-AFT President Katie Rodger (408-623-2601) UC-AFT Executive Director Bill Quirk (805-689-0645) UC-AFT Communications Chair Caroline Luce (860-778-8580) What’s Happening: Education and Workforce Committee Hearing 10:15 am EST Press Conference Tomorrow at 12:15 […]

Watch: UC-AFT leaders join press conference in Washington D.C.

Posted on May 22, 2024 (September 20, 2024)

At a press conference outside the Capital Building in Washington D.C., Unit 18 Vice President John Branstetter spoke out against the hearings held by the House Education & Workforce Committee and the UCLA administration’s treatment of his students and colleagues. View the rest of the press conference at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmwmq7DNryU […]

“After Learning Her TA Would Be Paid More Than She Was, This Lecturer Quit,” Chronicle of Higher Education (2024)

Posted on May 21, 2024 (September 16, 2024)

In this May, 2024 article, The Chronicle of Higher Ed profiles Amanda Reiterman, a UC-AFT lecturer at UCSC, about her decision to leave UCSC after learning she was making less than the Teaching Assistants helping her with her course. Read more about Amanda’s story at the Chronicle. We applaud the raises that our UAW colleagues […]

PRESS RELEASE: UC-AFT Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Over Use of Force at Campus Protests

Posted on May 17, 2024 (September 18, 2024)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UC-AFT Joins UC-UAW in Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charges Related to Use of Force in Campus Responses to Student Protests Media contacts: UC-AFT President Katie Rodger UC-AFT VP of Organizing Josh Brahinsky UC-AFT Communications Chair Caroline Luce UC-AFT (University of California-American Federation of Teachers), which represents 6,500 teaching faculty and librarians at […]

Press Release: UC-AFT Joins UC-UAW in Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charges Related to Use of Force in Campus Responses to Student Protests (5/16/24)

Posted on May 16, 2024 (September 6, 2024)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UC-AFT Joins UC-UAW in Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charges Related to Use of Force in Campus Responses to Student Protests UC-AFT (University Council-American Federation of Teachers), which represents 6,500 teaching faculty and librarians at the University of California campuses, has filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against the University of California administration, […]

“University librarians negotiate contract as expiration approaches” Daily Cal (2024)

Posted on March 8, 2024 (September 18, 2024)

As Unit 17 Vice President Kendra Levine says in this article, our UC-AFT Librarians are fighting for recogniztion that they do more than just help students; they are scholars and researchers in their own right. “If we’re academics, then we should… be held to the same standards as all the other (principal investigators) on campus,” […]

“We’re eating into our savings.’ A budget crunch at UC Merced hits campus lecturers” KVPR (2024)

Posted on January 22, 2024 (August 9, 2024)

Despite winning increased job security in our 2021 contract campaign, lecturers at UC Merced are still fighting to prevent layoffs owed to their campus’ budget deficits. As lecturer Caleb Westby described, their plight is a reminder that “… no matter how much loyalty or work or effort you give to an institution, that institution doesn’t […]

“Teachers at elite UCLA Lab School strike, saying model campus culture is changing,” Los Angeles Times (2023)

Posted on January 25, 2023 (August 9, 2024)

When teachers at the UCLA Lab School went on strike in 2023, their students showed strong support. As 9-year-old Ayla told a reporter from the LA Times, “They make learning fun and it’s always exciting, because before I came, I didn’t like all the subjects. Now I love them,” she said. “They’re striking today because […]