University of California Faculty Groups File Landmark Unfair Labor Practices Complaint Against UC Over UC’s Repression of Activism for Palestine–BLOG

Coverage of the filing and press conference, including past American Association of University Professors (AAUP) VP Hank Reichman’s write-up of the national significance of the ULP filing, are here:

https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza

https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/uc-labor-speech-complaint-19774746.php

https://theintercept.com/2024/09/20/uc-professors-palestine-protest-labor-violation/

https://dailybruin.com/2024/09/19/faculty-associations-announce-unfair-labor-practice-charge-against-uc

https://academeblog.org/2024/09/19/u-of-california-faculty-file-free-expression-unfair-labor-practice/

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-23/faculty-accuse-uc-campuses-of-labor-violations-over-pro-palestine-protest-crackdowns#

CUCFA’s statement about the filing is here:

https://cucfa.org/2024/09/faculty-file-academic-freedom-ulp-against-uc/:

The full Unfair Labor Practice filing is public, and can be accessed here: https://cucfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024091911030320240919FirstAmendedChargeTOC.pdf

UC has requested, and has been granted a 60 day extension on its deadline to submit a formal response to the filing. We will keep you apprised of its progress through the PERB process.

Here’s the UC-FSJP Teaching Palestine info packet that was mentioned:

https://fsjpuc.wordpress.com/resources/