Submitted by bquirk on September 24, 2020 - 1:27pm
The inaugural meeting of our UC-AFT Parents Caucus was held August 28 -- and we began (as expected) by sharing pictures and bragging about our kids! Our group included parents with babies to parents of kids beginning college.
Submitted by bquirk on September 22, 2020 - 9:22am
Stability Makes Administrative Sense and Improves Quality of Instruction
“As a student, I strongly agree with what the other folks here are saying regarding stability. I have always had much better class experiences from teachers that have been able to stick around for a while and know the departments, systems, etc. If my teachers aren’t able to do that, because of a lack of stability in their contract, it really hurts the educational experience for students like me. ”
Submitted by bquirk on September 20, 2020 - 11:13am
The UC-AFT Committee on Housing, Homelessness, Renters’ Rights, and Refugees (HHRRR) has made it our major work to establish, organize, and publicize the new UC-AFT Member Hardship Fund, to help mitigate the effects of the current health and economic crises for our members.
To contribute to the UC-AFT Member Hardship Fund, click the contribute button below.
“I Will Not Vote for a Contract that Does Not Include Job Stability”
During observer introductions, dozens of lecturers affirmed and re-affirmed to UC management’s executives and lawyers that they will not vote to ratify a contract that lacks significant improvements in pre-continuing job stability.
On July 27, 2020, our Preuss bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with University and Preuss management.
In a unanimous vote, our members ratified the agreement a few days later.
UC’s Lead Negotiator Disavows High Faculty Turnover Rate
Representing the UC Office of the President, lead negotiator Nadine Fishel said that UC admin is “interested in solving problems and coming up with solutions.” But when asked directly whether UCOP considers a documented 26% annual turnover rate (meaning about 1600 teaching faculty lose their jobs each year) to be a problem, Fishel said she “wouldn’t necessarily characterize it as very high,” and told us that “assistant professors also don’t have job security, so you’re not the only employees at the UC in this situation.”
