Our colleagues at Citric Acid have published a version of the speech which UCI Lecturer and Academic Researcher Prof. Ricky D. Crano...
“UCI’s School of Humanities Is Kicking Its Dedicated Critical AI Researcher to the Curb” Citric Acid, 2025
Media coverage
Free Speech Rally at UC Berkeley, March 19
UC-AFT member Stephen Rosenbaum (UCB Law School) was featured in this news segment about the Free Speech rally at UCB...
“UC Santa Cruz faces fresh round of austerity measures with systemwide hiring freeze” 3-19-25
In this recent article from the Santa Cruz Lookout about the UC-wide hiring freeze, UC-AFT campus rep Jeb Purucker highlighted...
“UC and librarians reach contract agreement for increased wages and support” Daily Cal (2024)
In this article from the Daily Cal, Bargaining Team member Tim Vollmer reflects on the new Unit 17 collective bargaining...
“Faculty Unions Across the Country Push Back against Congressional Hearing on Campus Protests As Attacks on Campus Free Speech,” Davis Vanguard (2024)
UC-AFT President Katie Roger and VP of Unit 18 John Branstetter travelled to Washington, D.C. as part of a delegation...
Watch: UC-AFT leaders join press conference in Washington D.C.
At a press conference outside the Capital Building in Washington D.C., Unit 18 Vice President John Branstetter spoke out against...
“After Learning Her TA Would Be Paid More Than She Was, This Lecturer Quit,” Chronicle of Higher Education (2024)
In this May, 2024 article, The Chronicle of Higher Ed profiles Amanda Reiterman, a UC-AFT lecturer at UCSC, about her...
“University librarians negotiate contract as expiration approaches” Daily Cal (2024)
As Unit 17 Vice President Kendra Levine says in this article, our UC-AFT Librarians are fighting for recogniztion that they...
“We’re eating into our savings.’ A budget crunch at UC Merced hits campus lecturers” KVPR (2024)
Despite winning increased job security in our 2021 contract campaign, lecturers at UC Merced are still fighting to prevent layoffs...
“Teachers at elite UCLA Lab School strike, saying model campus culture is changing,” Los Angeles Times (2023)
When teachers at the UCLA Lab School went on strike in 2023, their students showed strong support. As 9-year-old Ayla...
