Submitted by bquirk on July 29, 2020 - 9:23am
UC’s Lead Negotiator Disavows High Faculty Turnover Rate
Representing the UC Office of the President, lead negotiator Nadine Fishel said that UC admin is “interested in solving problems and coming up with solutions.” But when asked directly whether UCOP considers a documented 26% annual turnover rate (meaning about 1600 teaching faculty lose their jobs each year) to be a problem, Fishel said she “wouldn’t necessarily characterize it as very high,” and told us that “assistant professors also don’t have job security, so you’re not the only employees at the UC in this situation.”
Submitted by bquirk on July 22, 2020 - 9:20am
UC-AFT Passes Three Proposals on Job Stability, New Faculty Orientations, and Release Time
Nearly 100 UC-AFT members and supporters backed the UC-AFT volunteer faculty negotiators as they presented our latest counterproposal on Article 7a--Pre-Six Appointments. We’re standing firm on our demands for rehiring rights, multi-year appointments, earlier appointment letters, notice of non-reappointment, and peer-reviewed evaluations of teaching.
Submitted by bquirk on July 14, 2020 - 9:16am
Over 160 Members and Allies Pack the Zoom Room!
We set a record for the number of lecturers and allies attending bargaining on July 14. Even more impressive was the fact that the vast majority of the folks on the call said out loud: “If UC admin forces us to impasses, I will support a strike.” This was a massive and impressive display of collective power. Nadine Fishel - the UC chief negotiator - did not like that one bit and tried to downplay her own decision-making authority.
Submitted by bquirk on June 29, 2020 - 7:26pm
UC Punts Again on Job Stability and Career Pathway
In short, on June 19:
Having taken three weeks to examine our emergency-formulated, extraordinary circumstance-motivated, burden-shouldering proposal for Job Stability and Career Pathway, UC negotiators were prepared to say … that they’ll have answers for us next time.
Then, on June 24:
UC’s negotiators responded to our job security proposal with the following: A supposal for a sideletter to the contract that would describe a “pilot program” to grant pre-continuing lecturers “the right” to inform their departments about courses we believe we are qualified to teach.
Submitted by bquirk on May 20, 2020 - 12:55pm
UC-AFT Faculty Bargaining Session #19
May 15, 2020
Zoom
Full Contract Bargaining Continues with Focus on Career Pathways for All Lecturers
During the session, our UC-AFT team pressed the UC’s administrators on their proposal for a new career path to Senior Continuing Lecturer. While we’re happy that management agrees with us that such a promotional opportunity is important for lecturers’ continued growth and career development, their most recent proposal would not permit many continuing lecturers to actually move up.
Submitted by bquirk on May 19, 2020 - 6:55pm
UC-AFT Faculty Bargaining Session #18
Submitted by bquirk on March 25, 2020 - 10:41am
This statement was written and read in bargaining on March 21 by UCB Legal Studies Lecturer, Ben Brown.
Submitted by bquirk on March 25, 2020 - 10:17am
UC-AFT Faculty Bargaining Session #17
March 21, 2020
Zoom
Advocating for Teaching Faculty in the Midst of Crisis
With the entire State of California now under a “stay at home” order, this week was UC-AFT’s first virtual bargaining session convened on Zoom. Berkeley Law lecturer and bargaining team member Ben Brown opened the session with a powerful personal statement that eloquently situated the events of the past two weeks in the context of our ongoing contract negotiations.
Submitted by bquirk on March 16, 2020 - 12:57pm
UC-AFT Faculty Bargaining Session #16
March 13, 2020
UC San Diego
Advocating for Teaching Faculty in the Midst of Crisis
Teaching faculty across the UC system are facing new challenges and stressors as the COVID-19 pandemic affects our work and home lives. On Friday, the UC-AFT negotiating team came to the table with A) stories from members about the heroic efforts UC-AFT faculty are making to keep teaching and reaching students during the crisis, and B) proposals to ensure high quality instruction this spring and protect the safety and livelihoods of our members.
Submitted by bquirk on March 10, 2020 - 5:54pm
UC-AFT Faculty Bargaining Session #15
March 6, 2020
UC Riverside
Here to Bargain despite UC Admin’s Shenanigans
Thousands of teaching faculty in our bargaining unit have been working for more than a month without a contract. As our volunteer bargaining team and a large contingent of student allies were settling into the designated bargaining room on Friday morning, the UC’s negotiators tried to move the session to an off-campus location because, in their words, the on-campus location was “disruptive.”
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