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CFA represents the instructional faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches who comprise Unit 3 among CSU employees. The union engages in collective bargaining under the terms spelled out in the state labor relations law that covers us, known as the Higher Education Employees Relations Act.
The contract that results from bargaining covers salary, benefits, workload and many other aspects of our working lives.You may request a printed copy of the contract from your CFA chapter, or you may view it as a PDF file on this Web site. Contract.
If you have a problem you believe is addressed in the contract, contact your campus chapter to make an appointment with a Faculty Rights Rep. on your campus who can help you.See a listing of Faculty Right Representatives
This year, CFA and the CSU administration will negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement—known as a “successor contract”—for the faculty. Reports from the CFA Bargaining Team will be added to this page periodically.
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CFA Board of Directors adopts opening bargaining proposals;
List and letter sent to CSU administration’s negotiators
Bargaining Report • February 25, 2005
CFA's Board of Directors adopted a set of bargaining proposals for a successor Unit 3 contract during its February meeting. The union then transmitted them to CSU Vice Chancellor Sam Strafaci, who will forward them to the CSU Board of Trustees.
In a cover letter to Strafaci, CFA President John Travis wrote,
“Our proposals are the product of a lengthy survey and meeting process and all of them reflect faculty sentiment around many important issues such as salaries, workload, the grievance system and language problems related to temporary faculty.
“I'm sure you realize salary issues have become critical. Many top-step faculty members have been denied regular and adequate increases for years, while junior members of the professorate have experienced the squeeze of salary compression because of external and internal competition.
“Second, increased burdens of workload have affected nearly every member of Unit Three: larger class sizes, additional governance responsibilities, additional research burdens, heavier advising/counseling, etc.
“Moreover, as CFA has explained to the Board of Trustees, we have a grievance system that has become dysfunctional: long delays to resolutions for faculty who have legitimate complaints, and expensive settlements for an administration that have to divert important resources away from instruction and student needs.
“Finally, there are numerous technical problems with the language dealing with temporary faculty issues that have emerged over the past several contracts that must be clarified. These are only a few of the critical issues we look forward to discussing in the upcoming negotiations.”
CFA awaits the CSU administration’s release of their “sunshine” bargaining proposals soon.
CFA's complete bargaining "sunshine" proposals will be printed in the
next issue of California Faculty magazine, which is slated to arrive in
faculty mailboxes in early March.
• See CFA’s opening “Sunshine” bargaining proposals
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CFA officers wrap up campus Bargaining & Budget Tour
Bargaining Report • October 27, 2004
CFA statewide officers conclude Bargaining and Budget meetings this week, discussing strategies and priorities.
The meetings have been held at campuses throughout the month, and the officers have received a wealth of input from faculty members, offering insights into what the faculty needs in order to provide its students a quality education, said CFA Vice President Lillian Taiz.
During her many campus visits, Taiz said she has seen how budget cuts have affected the faculty and students.
“The budget cuts, which the chancellor seems to feel we’ve managed our way through, are taking a terrible toll on faculty and students throughout the campuses,” she said. “People are stressed out. They’re overworked. And yet, almost heroically, they’re doing the best possible job they can do under the circumstances.
“Everyone is suffering,” she continued. “But at the same time, it’s a remarkable testament to people’s commitment that they would keep trying to do the same kind of job even under these circumstances.”
The CFA bargaining team will use the faculty feedback during contract negotiations next year, and this information also will be used to strategize for next year’s budget fight at the Capitol.
All faculty members, whether or not they got a chance to attend a meeting on their campus, should complete the CFA Bargaining Survey, which has been distributed to every faculty member.
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CFA prepares for 2005 contract bargaining
Bargaining Report * October 1, 2004
Next year, CFA and the CSU administration will negotiate a new collective
bargaining agreement-known as a "successor contract"-for the faculty.
Preparations for this often difficult, marathon process have begun.
CFA's Contract Development/Bargaining Strategy Committee (CDBS) is meeting to discuss possible bargaining issues based on experience with the current three year contract.
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