On Labor Day, members of the UC-AFT Statewide Council unanimously endorsed the following statement written by UCR member-leader James...
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“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...
“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...
“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...




