On Friday, January 23, 2023, our Minnesota union siblings–including the St. Paul Federation of Educators (AFT) and the Minneapolis...
RESOLUTION (Passed 1/20 by UC-AFT Council): Solidarity with Striking Minnesota Workers on January 23, 2026
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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)
Lawsuit Challenges Administration’s Intimidation and Targeting of Higher Education San Francisco, CA – A broad coalition of faculty,...
“Lecturers’ union insists that humans teach UC classes,” Davis Enterprise (5/1/26)
On April 16, our Unit 18 Table Team passed their proposal for a new article on Technology in the Classroom...
Press Coverage: Statewide Day of Action for Unit 18 Sunshine, Feb. 19
On Thursday, February 19, the democratically-elected members of the UC-AFT Unit 18 bargaining team began their collective bargaining negotiations with...
PRESS RELEASE: UC TEACHING FACULTY BEGIN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RALLIES STATEWIDE FEB. 19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UC TEACHING FACULTY BEGIN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RALLIES STATEWIDE FEB. 19 Media Contacts: UC-AFT Director Bill Quirk...
RESOLUTION (Passed 1/20 by UC-AFT Council): Solidarity with Striking Minnesota Workers on January 23, 2026
On Friday, January 23, 2023, our Minnesota union siblings–including the St. Paul Federation of Educators (AFT) and the Minneapolis...
“Teachers at UC San Diego’s college-prep school launch 2-Day strike,” NBC7, 12/16
In this NBC7 coverage of the strike at Preuss School (UCSD), UC-AFT bargaining team member David Weber describes what Preuss...
Letter to Members Re: Peyrin Kao Suspension, UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter (12/17)
Dear UC-AFT Members: We are writing to you to express our outrage at Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Benjamin Hermalin’s...
“Under court order, UC publicly releases Trump administration’s $1.2-billion settlement proposal” L.A. Times, 10/24/25
In August, the Trump Administration suspended over $584 million of federal research grants to UCLA and issued a series of...
“Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump,” NY Times (9/27/25)
Our efforts to fight back against the Trump administration’s attack on the UC made the Sunday edition of the New York...
Open Letter to Chancellor Lyons, from the Bay Area Chapter of UC-AFT (9/19/25)
Open Letter to Chancellor Lyons, from the Bay Area Chapter of UC-AFT View this as a PDF To: Rich Lyons,...
Broad Coalition of Faculty, Staff, Students, and Unions Unite to Defend University of California System From Trump-Vance Administration Assault (9/6/25)
Lawsuit Challenges Administration’s Intimidation and Targeting of Higher Education San Francisco, CA – A broad coalition of faculty,...
