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A crowd of about 100 UC Berkeley Lecturers, students, and supporters gather in Sproul plaza during the 2019-2021 contract campaign. In the foreground, two students hold a banner reading "The UC Works Because We do" with signatures of UC-AFT members. In the back, a large blue banner reads "Faculty Equity - Student Success". One student holds handmade sign reading "Students in Solidarity with teachers". Others in the crowd hold pickets reading "End Unpaid Work Now!"

Welcome! The Bay Area chapter of UC-AFT represents 1,200 lecturers, librarians, and archivists at UC Berkeley, UCSF, and UC Law San Francisco.

Your Chapter Governance

We have monthly membership meetings which are open to all unit members. We have Organizing Committees for both U18 (Lecturers) and Unit 17 (Librarians) and welcome participation in our chapter organizing. UC-AFT Bay Area Chapter is led by an elected body of local officers, including:

Co-Chair: David “Skully” Skolnick
Co-Chair: Timothy Vollmer
State Council Delegate: Matt Parker
State Council Delegate: José Adrián Barragán-Álvarez
State Council Delegate: David Walter
Collective Member: Balthazar Beckett
Collective Member: Nicholas Dehler
Collective Member: Sarah Rosenkrantz
Collective Member: Tehmina Khan
Collective Member: Joseph Klett
Alameda Labor Council Delegate: Anibel Ferus-Comelo
Alameda Labor Council Delegate: Ramona Collins
Grievance Steward – Unit 17 (Librarians): Jennifer Nelson – unit17ucb@ucaft.org
Grievance Stewards – Unit 18 (Lecturers and Field Faculty): David Walter, Margi Wald, Catherine Bordel, Cameron Clark – unit18ucb@ucaft.org

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Our chapter is mourning the loss of our long-time colleague and UC-AFT member, Michael Burawoy. On behalf of the Bay Area Chapter Executive Board, Joanna Read has written a Tribute to Michael that you can read here.

Members of the Unit 17 bargaining team and their supporters raising their fists outside of the bargaining session at UC Berkeley in

Unit 17 Bargaining at UC Berkeley, 2023.

Librarians and their allies rally on the steps of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley in 2018. Many are wearing blue union t-shirts and holding signs, including "Student Worker Power" and "UCOP wants to end Librarian Academic Freedom - Who's Next". A ray of sunlight splashes through the top right corner.

UC Berkeley, 2018.

A crowd of UC Berkeley lecturers and their supporters march through the iconic Sather gate to campus in 2021. Many are wearing masks and holding picket signs reading "UC-AFT Faculty Demand Job Security".

UC Berkeley, 2021.

A group of lecturers, librarians, and students gather outside a bargaining session at UC Berkeley in 2018. Some hold signs reading "Support World Class Librarians".

UC Berkeley, 2018.

The UC-AFT bargaining team sits at the table with their laptops open during a bargaining session at the UC Office of the President in Oakland in 2019. Behind them stand members of UC-AFT, in their blue union t-shirts, holding a large blue banner that reads "Faculty Equity - Student Success". One member is reading testimony to the UC's bargaining team.

UC Berkeley, 2019.

A group of UC Berkeley librarians sitting on the steps of Bancroft Library in 2018. They are wearing blue t-shirts that read "Support Librarians - University of California" with the silhouette of the state of California. Most are wearing sunglasses, one is carrying a baby.

UC Berkeley, 2018.

Three masked UC-AFT members holding signs while listening to a speaker at the UC-AFT victory rally in 2021. Their signs read "We Won!" and "When we fight we win!". One is raising his fist.

UC Berkeley, 2021.

A group of smiling lecturers at UC Berkeley with their fists raised celebrating their victory in 2021.

UC Berkeley, 2021.

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.

Unit 17 Bargaining at UC Berkeley, 2024.

Librarians and their supporters, many raising their fists, gather on the quad at UC Berkeley in 2018. Several carry home made signs reading "Protect Academic Freedom at the home of Free Speech," "Support the librarian strike fund", "A Fair Contract is Overdue" and "Librarians Working = Student Learning"

UC Berkeley, 2018.

Lecturers and librarians supporting their UAW colleagues during their strike in 2022. Several are raising their fists and holding picket signs reading "UAW On Strike - Unfair Labor Practice" and "Academic Workers United"

Solidarity with UAW at UC Berkeley, 2022.

Two people hold a blue banner handing over a stone wall that reads "UC Lecturers and Librarians Fighting for Public Education - University Sundial, American Federation of Teachers"

UC Berkeley, c. 2013.