By Crystal Norman | Staff Writer | California Faculty Association (CFA) Trustees were presented with a “Sustainability Plan” by CSU schools at a conference in Long Beach this past week and immediately rejected the proposal, according to the CFA. The proposal focuses on increasing reliance in private funding and student tuition instead of public support to pay for CSU professors and faculty salary increases, according to calfac.org. “It is time that the trustees examine their budget as a moral document, one that should put our core mission of instruction at the center, keep tuition as low as possible to ensure access to the people of California, and pay faculty a … [Read more...] about “Sustainability Plan” denied by CFA
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CFA Prepares for Strike
By Jordan Mitchell |Staff Writer| California State University professors take a step closer to calling a strike in the 2016 Spring quarter as a continued attempt to raise faculty earnings by five percent. The California Faculty Association (CFA) gathered on the Cal State Los Angeles campus on Jan. 19 to address their ongoing efforts and negotiations with CSU Chancellor, Timothy P. White. As of 2014, more than 50 percent of all CSU faculty members made less than $38,000 a year, according to the CFA. "CFA members here along with 26,000 other faculty in the CSU association are fighting for five, meaning a five percent general salary increase for all faculty," said CFA communication … [Read more...] about CFA Prepares for Strike
CSU salary increase
By Chelsea Galvez |Staff Writer| California State University (CSU) announced in a tentative agreement that more than 23,000 CSU staff will be receiving a pay increase, improvements to workload, rights for online teaching, parental leave and changes within the sabbatical process. This three year phase-implemented agreement complete with options to reopen and negotiate future improvements was agreed upon by CSU and the California Faculty Association (CFA) days after CSUSB faculty protested in front of the Santos Manuel Student Union (SMSU). The agreement grants a three percent compensation pool increase for 2014-2015, according to a CSU Press Release. “The multi-year agreement is a … [Read more...] about CSU salary increase
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