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Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA, of which UCLA-FA is the UCLA chapter) President Constance Penley attended the historic National AAUP convention on June 16-18 in Arlington, VA, as the CUCFA delegate, which meant that she had an opportunity to vote on the proposed alliance between the AAUP and the AFT (AFL-CIO) and to fill six open AAUP Council seats. Read her report from the Convention at the CUCFA website.
The AAUP and AFT have drafted a new affiliation agreement that will be voted on at the June AAUP meeting. Some details: “Under the terms of this affiliation agreement, all AAUP members, by virtue of their membership in the AAUP, will also be members of the AFT/AFL-CIO… AAUP members and AAUP chapters will have access to AFT support and services, including specific AFT member benefits… This affiliation will not result in an increase in national AAUP dues and, for current AAUP members, AFT per capita will be covered as part of the AAUP dues… The national AAUP and its chapters…
Some years ago the UCLA Faculty Association was a member of Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA), but dropped out. With new leadership at CUCFA and the UCLA FA, it seemed like a good time to revisit our membership in the Council, and recently the Executive Board voted unanimously to pursue a renewed membership with CUCFA. What is CUCFA you ask? CUCFA (or “the Council”) is a coalition of the faculty associations at University of California campuses. Each campus chapter is an independent organization with the Council serving as a coordinating and information sharing body. Each campus chapter…
Campbell’s Bookstore in Westwood (long gone) As we do at the end of each quarter (calendar year quarter; not UCLA quarter), we provide an alternative way to read the blog.You can flip through the 2013 fourth quarter’s blog pages at the link below. However, formatting may be odd and all audio and video will be absent. Some post titles may be truncated. However, you can always return to the actual blog for any missing elements.Below is the alternative reading link:
Dear Colleagues,The UCLA Faculty Association has a new Executive Board this year, and a full slate of complex issues to address. We appreciate your continued support, and encourage you to get involved in your FA.As I’m sure you are aware, there have been significant changes to the health insurance offerings for University of California employees. The Faculty Associations at UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside have issued strongly-worded letters of protest about the lack of choices in the new plan offerings, and the lack of transparency in the process of choosing the options.The UCLA Faculty Association also has been hearing…
Families may not be what they once were, back in the day. But Inside Higher Ed today carries a story about an effort by the American Council on Education (ACE) to deal with worklife-family balance for faculty. Readers will know of such changes in the faculty promotion system such as “stopping the tenure clock” for child birth. However, the effort described in the article notes that ten university presidents or chancellors have signed on. Curiously, only one is from the UC system – Linda Katehi of UC-Davis. As it happens, one of the issues the revamped UCLA Faculty Assn. hopes…
