Submitted by bquirk on January 16, 2020 - 9:23am
As Contract Expiration Approached, UC Canceled Day One of this Two Day Session
At 8pm on Monday the 13th, UC’s chief negotiator, Nadine Fishell, cancelled bargaining on 14th. This last minute cancellation cost us valuable time. The clock was ticking toward contract expiration and every minute counted. Most of our team had already travelled to Berkeley, so we made the most of it and had a productive day working in-person on our proposals.
Submitted by bquirk on January 6, 2020 - 10:44am
Solidarity from UC Senate Faculty: President of the Council of UC Faculty Associations Confronts UC Administration
Constance Penley, statewide president of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and UCSB senate faculty member, read a statement from CUCFA in support of our bargaining campaign and added her own powerful words of solidarity. She warned UCOP representatives “not to underestimate the strength of the ladder faculty support for our colleagues who are lecturers” and noted that major faculty and scholarly organizations such as AAUP and MLA have prioritized improving conditions for contingent faculty nationwide. She stressed that UCOP needs to finally “recognize, respect and reward the vital contributions that lecturers -- our colleagues -- make to the campus community.”
Submitted by bquirk on January 6, 2020 - 10:25am
UCLA Members and Supporters Pack the Room...Again!
Our members and student allies showed up in force at UCLA with a presence that filled the room all day. Several members gave moving testimony about failures in the appointment and reappointment process, delayed and/or forgotten merit reviews, including one unfairly punishing a new mother, as well as crooked attempts by the university to change employment terms mid-contract.
Submitted by bquirk on December 10, 2019 - 12:42pm
Submitted by bquirk on October 30, 2019 - 8:11am
The Rocky Bargaining Picture Show
When UC management wants to go backward with major takeaways (such as eliminating all rights to reappointment for pre-continuing faculty and making it easier to lay off continuing faculty), bargaining feels like being stuck in a time warp. With camp and flair, UCSC activists showed admin that they can’t just cast us off into another dimension. More than 200 UC-AFT members, undergraduate students, graduate students, and tenure-track faculty allies put on a Rocky Horror-themed rally with the message that we love teaching UC students too much to let their education get lost in time, lost in space and meaning.
Submitted by bquirk on October 9, 2019 - 7:40pm
Victory for Andrew… Every Lecturer Deserves this Benefit
Negotiations at UCI began with a warm and heartfelt statement of gratitude from UCI lecturer, Andrew Tonkovich, who had just heard the day before the UC management granted his full paid medical leave for Fall quarter. We made progress delivering our initial proposals on Continuing Appointment Review Process, Merit Review Process and a new Review Criteria article. UC managers proposed drastic reduction in the length of notice in the case of layoff.
Submitted by bquirk on October 3, 2019 - 8:44am
Faculty equity...Who needs it? UC negotiators do not think we do!
Our team came to Berkeley prepared with member testimonials, a research based presentation on the efficacy of student evaluations in measuring teaching effectiveness, with detailed questions about UC's proposals and with proposals of our own. Read the full update for all the important details from this two-day session.
Submitted by bquirk on August 7, 2019 - 5:55pm
Powerful Member Testimonials: “The Workload is Too Damn High”
The UCLA bargaining session began, once again, with deeply personal and powerful member testimonials on negative impacts to our members, our families and to our careers from excessive workload, disrespectful hiring and reappointment practices, underemployment, and systematic, forced turnover.
Submitted by bquirk on July 29, 2019 - 5:48pm
UCOP ignores need for adequate office space and student confidentiality
UC continued to roll out take away proposals, while UC-AFT pressed on with principled and well researched proposals for Parental and Academic Leave.
Submitted by bquirk on June 22, 2019 - 7:48am
We Packed the Room: Amazing show of support from faculty, students & librarians!
Nearly 100 members and supporters attended bargaining and our rally in Berkeley. It became clear in this session that UC-AFT and UC have radically different visions for the future of Pre-Continuing Appointment and Reappointment process and rights.
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