By Michael Isberto |Staff Writer| There are 23,000 California State University (CSU) educators that have been fighting for a salary increase, and I believe they deserve it. “Fight for Five,” is the slogan the California Faculty Association (CFA) is using for their cause to fight for a 5 percent general salary increase for all faculty. The CFA is an association representing many of our CSU educators. Their website states, “We are a union of 23,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches who teach in the California State University system. In classrooms on the 23 CSU campuses, CFA members work hard to teach our students the critical-thinking skills, the technical … [Read more...] about CFA deserves pay raise
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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
CFA Rally “gives them hell”
By Aldon Stiles |Staff Writer| Over 1,000 California State University (CSU) faculty members, students and sympathizers gathered and marched through the streets of Long Beach to Chancellor Timothy White’s office on Nov. 17 to demonstrate their displeasure with the proposed 2 percent salary bump. On the heels of a 94 percent “yes” vote on the strike authorization, the California Faculty Association (CFA) along with their supporters took their “Fight for Five” campaign to the chancellor’s office during the CSU Board of Trustees’ meeting. Representatives of all 23 CSU campuses were present at the rally, all wearing their “We don’t want to strike but we will” red … [Read more...] about CFA Rally “gives them hell”
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