UC-AFT is surveying our members to make sure we understand the full extent of the University's COVID-19 response on our members, our courses, and our work. We understand that COVID-19 is an unfolding crisis, and we want our members to be able to teach to the best of their ability in the face of uncertainty. We also want to continually advocate for the health of our members and students, for the preservation of our rights as unionized faculty, and, when it is safe and appropriate, for a return to normalcy without layoffs or other adverse effects.
To this end, we have placed a Demand to Bargain with the University over the impacts of campus closures, transition to online formats and associate workload increases, paid medical leave, expectations vs. encouragements in administrative communications, and much more. To ensure that our negotiations fully cover the impacts to our members, we need your input. Please respond as fully as you can to the questions below.