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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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UC-AFT Statement on UC Campus Climate Policy Changes

September 16, 2024

UC-AFT Statement on UC Campus Climate Policy Changes Executive Board – September 16, 2024 SUMMARY: New Speech and Assembly Regulations Threaten...

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Message to Members – June 17, 2024

June 17, 2024

I don’t think it’s an understatement to say that 2023-24 has been a tumultuous academic year for many, and I...

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“Faculty Unions Across the Country Push Back against Congressional Hearing on Campus Protests As Attacks on Campus Free Speech,” Davis Vanguard (2024)

Congresswoman Rashida Taleb addresses a press conference at the capital with a crowd of union educators behind her.
May 23, 2024

UC-AFT President Katie Roger and VP of Unit 18 John Branstetter travelled to Washington, D.C. as part of a delegation...

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PRESS RELEASE: UC-AFT Leaders Respond to Committee on Education and the Workforce Hearing Regarding Actions Taken by UCLA Chancellor Block

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May 22, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UC-AFT Leaders Respond to Committee on Education and the Workforce Hearing Regarding Actions Taken by UCLA Chancellor...

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Watch: UC-AFT leaders join press conference in Washington D.C.

May 22, 2024

At a press conference outside the Capital Building in Washington D.C., Unit 18 Vice President John Branstetter spoke out against...

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“After Learning Her TA Would Be Paid More Than She Was, This Lecturer Quit,” Chronicle of Higher Education (2024)

May 21, 2024

In this May, 2024 article, The Chronicle of Higher Ed  profiles Amanda Reiterman, a UC-AFT lecturer at UCSC, about her...

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PRESS RELEASE: UC-AFT Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Over Use of Force at Campus Protests

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May 17, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UC-AFT Joins UC-UAW in Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charges Related to Use of Force in Campus Responses...

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Press Release: UC-AFT Joins UC-UAW in Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charges Related to Use of Force in Campus Responses to Student Protests (5/16/24)

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May 16, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UC-AFT Joins UC-UAW in Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charges Related to Use of Force in Campus Responses...

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“University librarians negotiate contract as expiration approaches” Daily Cal (2024)

Members of the Unit 17 bargaining team and their supporters gather outside a bargaining session in April, 2024. Most are wearing dark blue t-shirts with the UC-AFT logo and raise their fists.
March 8, 2024

As Unit 17 Vice President Kendra Levine says in this article, our UC-AFT Librarians are fighting for recogniztion that they...

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“We’re eating into our savings.’ A budget crunch at UC Merced hits campus lecturers” KVPR (2024)

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January 22, 2024

Despite winning increased job security in our 2021 contract campaign, lecturers at UC Merced are still fighting to prevent layoffs...

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