ARTICLE II. OBJECTIVES
The goals of UC-AFT shall be:
- To promote and defend the highest standards of education at the University of California and to make that education available to all the people of California without respect to race, sex, age, religion sexual orientation, ,ethnicity, nationality, political belief or economic status
- To strive to make the University of California an institution which shall serve the needs of the people of California rather than just the narrow interests of a selfish and privileged minority;
- To assure the ?fullest participation by employees in the determination of conditions of employment which affect them,? (Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, Ca.Gov. Code §3560)) through advocacy and fair and enforceable collective bargaining agreements;
- To promote and protect the welfare of the faculty, academic and professional employees of the University of California;
- To protect the academic freedom of employees at the University of California;
- To propose and advocate appropriate legislation;
- To encourage true equality of opportunity for all employees of the University, regardless of their race, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, political beliefs and activities, or national origin;
- To facilitate concerted action among the affiliated locals;
- To organize the University faculty, academic and professional employees to achieve the goals of the Council as listed above.
