The University of California’s faculty associations describe a campaign of intimidation by UC leaders against faculty including illegal surveillance of professors and use of law enforcement to quash peaceful dissent in a sweeping state labor complaint filed last week. UC Davis’ faculty association joined faculty associations across the UC system accusing University of California campuses of unfair labor practices during pro-Palestine protests earlier this year.
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by Darrell Smith, The Sacramento Bee.
Posted: September 23rd, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they say was a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and campus protests across the state earlier this year. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations made the allegations in a complaint filed last week with the state Public Employment Relations Board.
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by The Associated Press, ABC News.
Posted: September 23rd, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Anna Markowitz, a member of the UCLA faculty association, remarked that the university’s crackdown aimed to “end Palestine solidarity activism on campus.” She added, “In this ULP charge, we are saying that this illegal suppression of speech cannot stand, whether about Palestine or about other issues that students and faculty may raise in the future.” An unfair labor practice charge submitted to the Public Employment Relations Board is a formal allegation of legal violations, prompting an investigation that can lead to a dismissal or a settlement conference. If no agreement is reached, the case is brought before an administrative labor law judge. The UC system denied the allegations on Thursday, stating that the faculty groups lack standing to file a complaint with the Public Employment Relations Board.
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by Staff, Al Mayadeen.
Posted: September 21st, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Faculty from seven University of California campuses took a stand against the repression of protest over Israel’s war on Gaza on Thursday, taking the historic step of filing a joint unfair labor practice charge against their employer. The professors from the top-tier California public university system alleged that their schools targeted them for speaking out on Israel’s war in Gaza and for joining students’ pro-Palestine protests in the spring.
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by Jonah Valdez, The Intercept.
Posted: September 20th, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
The Council of University of California Faculty Associations, along with faculty organizations from seven system campuses, filed an unfair labor practice charge with the California Public Employment Relations Board against the University of California regents Thursday. In the 581-page document, the associations alleged the system interfered with academic instruction and denied faculty promotions and access to their work locations.
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by Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive.
Posted: September 20th, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Chris Connery, a spokesperson for UCSC’s faculty association, said the university’s decision to ban three UCSC faculty member from campus without a hearing violated their rights and violated university procedures. It happened after they were arrested with more than 100 others at the Gaza solidarity encampment May 31… the UC Santa Cruz Faculty Association said it hopes that a PERB hearing will clarify that the protection of faculty rights is essential for the university.
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by Hillary Ojeda, Lookout Santa Cruz.
Posted: September 20th, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
University of California chancellors will get big salary boosts — near or exceeding 30% in most cases… Regents also approved salary adjustments for six senior UC leaders, including a 25.3% boost for UC President Michael V. Drake to bring his annual base pay to $1.3 million. In addition, 27 senior managers, including Drake and chancellors, will receive a 4.2% general increase. Regent John A. Pérez said he was “very uncomfortable with the overreliance” on a salary survey data compilation known as the Market Reference Zone used to make decisions about UC salaries. He said UC uses that comparative tool only for the system’s highest-paid leaders and doesn’t evaluate lower-paid employees in the same way…
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by Teresa Watanabe, The Los Angeles Times.
Posted: September 20th, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Two faculty members at UCSF, a medical school, faced intense pushback for speaking out about the health consequences resulting from the destruction of hospitals and other infrastructure in Gaza, Ghannam said. That falls within the purview of health-related academic discussion at the university, Ghannam argued, but he said those faculty members were “either written up, counseled, or had their material taken down.”
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by Juan Carlos Lara, KQED.
Posted: September 19th, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
It’s likely that the regents were preparing for a lengthy discussion about the inventory of weapons at campuses, their purpose and whether the schools need new equipment. Regent John Pérez set that inquiring tone just as the compliance committee began. But when the committee reconvened moments later, Perez was gone. Also not in the room was Jody Stiger, the UC director of safety, who was explaining the uses of the weapons and equipment before the students shut down the meeting. He was in the next room where protesters and police squared off.
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by Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters.
Posted: September 19th, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
The ULP charge rejects claims by the UC that these actions have been taken in order to promote campus safety, instead arguing that the UC has targeted activity and speech that express solidarity with Palestine. “From the brutal predawn arrests ordered by university leaders to the vague and threatening notices of investigation, the university’s goal is clear: to end Palestine solidarity activism on campus,” said Anna Markowitz, associate professor of education at UCLA. “In this ULP charge, we are saying that this illegal suppression of speech cannot stand, whether about Palestine or about other issues that students and faculty may raise in the future.”
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by Caitlin Scialla, Santa Barbara Independent.
Posted: September 19th, 2024, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
