by Admin | Apr 11, 2025 | Academic Freedom, Faculty Welfare and Rights, Free Speech, Viewpoints Page
Read the Amicus Brief here. April 8, 2025: Thirty faculty groups across the country have joined an Amicus Brief in support of the AAUP v. Rubio lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court in Massachusetts, which urgently seeks a preliminary injunction against...
by Admin | Feb 5, 2025 | Viewpoints Page
Just when we thought the world could not become any bleaker, we have lost–suddenly, tragically, and violently–one of the people who made everyone feel alive and hopeful that the world can and must become a better place. Michael Burawoy was a fearless sociologist in...
by Admin | Oct 4, 2024 | Academic Freedom, Free Speech, UC Administration, Viewpoints Page
We write to remind you of your rights as faculty that are protected under the State of California’s Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA). At a time when free speech, assembly activity, and academic freedom are being threatened across the UC system...
by Admin | May 15, 2024 | Free Speech, Higher Education Protests, Viewpoints Page
The Berkeley Faculty Association applauds Chancellor Christ and the Berkeley Divest Coalition around the Free Palestine Encampment for having concluded their negotiations despite intense external pressure from the UC Regents and the Office of the President. We believe...
by admin | May 3, 2024 | Free Speech, Student Protests, Viewpoints Page
We write to strongly condemn the violent repression of peaceful protests by students across the country, including, alarmingly, at our sister campus UCLA. Over 2,000 students, and many faculty, have now been arrested at encampments across the country, even though 99%...
by Admin | Apr 16, 2024 | Faculty Welfare and Rights, Pensions, Viewpoints Page
Dear Colleagues, We write to inform you of changes to our pension plans. Sadly, at a time when our salaries stagnate or decline in real terms, and our health benefit costs have sky-rocketed, our pension plans are now also being revised without consultation from 1 July...
