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Broad Coalition of Faculty, Staff, Students, and Unions Unite to Defend University of California System From Trump-Vance Administration Assault (9/6/25)

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September 16, 2025

Lawsuit Challenges Administration’s Intimidation and Targeting of Higher Education      San Francisco, CA – A broad coalition of faculty,...

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“Under court order, UC publicly releases Trump administration’s $1.2-billion settlement proposal” L.A. Times, 10/24/25

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October 25, 2025

In August, the Trump Administration suspended over $584 million of federal research grants to UCLA and issued a series of...

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“Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump,” NY Times (9/27/25)

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October 1, 2025

Our efforts to fight back against the Trump administration’s attack on the UC made the Sunday edition of the New York...

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Open Letter to Chancellor Lyons, from the Bay Area Chapter of UC-AFT (9/19/25)

September 19, 2025

Open Letter to Chancellor Lyons, from the Bay Area Chapter of UC-AFT View this as a PDF To: Rich Lyons,...

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Broad Coalition of Faculty, Staff, Students, and Unions Unite to Defend University of California System From Trump-Vance Administration Assault (9/6/25)

Circular logo reads "University Council - American Federation of Teachers - United for a Better UC" with silhouette of state of California with torch in the middle.
September 16, 2025

Lawsuit Challenges Administration’s Intimidation and Targeting of Higher Education      San Francisco, CA – A broad coalition of faculty,...

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The coalition of UC unions condemns Trump’s attacks on the University of California and the Californian economy (8/25/25)

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August 25, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The coalition of UC unions condemns Trump’s attacks on the University of California  The Coalition of UC...

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“UCI community rallies to save the humanities after massive cuts,” New University (6/10/25)

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June 12, 2025

As UCI proposes drastic 9% cuts to its School of Humanities, UC-AFT teaching faculty and graduate student workers from UAW...

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“Betrayed: UC is about to make $267 MILLION in Unnecessary Budget Cuts…” (5/25/25)

May 30, 2025

Our VP of Legislation, Trevor Griffey, has published a new piece about the devastating budget cuts being imposed on our...

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“UCSC faculty survey describes ‘potential extinction-level event’ for programs…” Santa Cruz Lookout (5/23/25)

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May 26, 2025

In this piece from the Santa Cruz Lookout, Hillary Ojeda describes a recently released report by two Faculty Committees — the Committee...

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CFT/UC-AFT statement on California May Revise (5/15/25)

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May 15, 2025

Following Gov. Newsom’s announcement about his revised budget, UC-AFT and our parent union CFT issued the following statement: “Today’s proposal...

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Preuss Teachers fight for a Fair Contract – Feb. 2025

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April 25, 2025

Student journalists at the Preuss School (UCSD) issued this report on their teachers’ ongoing fight for a fair contract, including...

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