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,...
2025 UC-AFT Executive Board Election Candidates
The Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to announce the following candidates for the 2025 UC-AFT Statewide Executive Board elections. ...
Tribute to Michael Burawoy
Tribute to Michael Burawoy Written by Joanna Reed, on behalf of the UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter executive board David Skolnick,...
“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...
“Pressure mounts on UC as lecturer workforce strikes and class cancellations loom,” CalMatters (2021)
The UC workforce has a churn problem as about a quarter of the system’s 6,000 lecturers don’t return annually. The...
“UCI Lecturers Face Job Insecurity, UC-AFT Pickets To Raise Awareness” New University (2021)
In this 2021 article, Table Team member Kat Lewin laid out the stakes of the Unit 18 contract campaign: “I...
