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 […]
Read the letter: 2025.01.16_UCSA_UCUC_Sanctuary January 16, 2025 Dear President Michael V. Drake, In light of the recent election and the upcoming transition to a new presidential administration, we, University of California Union Coalition and UC Student Association, request to meet to discuss the immediate and decisive action necessary to protect all members of the UC […]
In this article from the Daily Cal, Bargaining Team member Tim Vollmer reflects on the new Unit 17 collective bargaining agreement saying, “We were successful because of the commitment, organizing, and contributions from so many librarians, as well as our allies including lecturers, students, faculty, and community members,” Vollmer said in the email. “Our significant […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UC-AFT Librarians Ratify New Contract Media contacts: UC-AFT President Katie Rodger (408-623-2601) UC-AFT VP of Unit 17 Kendra K. Levine (510-918-6093) UC-AFT Communications Chair Caroline Luce (860-778-8580) Librarians at the University of California, represented by UC-AFT (University Council, American Federation of Teachers), voted by an overwhelming majority to ratify a […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
