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Lecturers' Council

Overview

About Lecturers

July 13, 2010 Elizabeth HoffmanJonathan Karpf
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Members of the statewide CFA Lecturers' Council meet at least four times a year to share their expertise and experiences, build the organizational power necessary to protect the interests of Lecturer faculty, and work together with their colleagues and students in protecting public higher education.

Lecturers — faculty with full- or part-time temporary appointments — are more than half of the faculty in the California State University system.

The California Faculty Association represents all faculty in the CSU, including lecturers. Our relationship with the CSU administration is governed by the Collective Bargaining Agreement especially Articles 12 (Appointment), 15 (Evaluation), and 32 (Benefits). We have summarized and annotated these articles and much else in the Lecturers' Handbook, which gives an overview of lecturer rights and benefits.

The Lecturers’ Council, which is comprised of elected Lecturers’ Representatives from each campus, has become increasingly involved in the national and international movements of contingent academic labor. The American Association of University Professors, to which CFA is affiliated, has done major research on this issue. CFA is a member of a broad network of activists, the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor.

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Summer Resources for Lecturers

June 9, 2011

These are worrisome times for Lecturers in the CSU. Here are some resources that might be helpful.

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Lecturers' Council Materials
Handouts from the January 2011 meeting

January 19, 2011

Handouts and the "numbers" presentation include updates on faculty data, course cuts, and other trends that CFA tracks every year. 

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CFA Lecturers’ Handbook
2007-2010 (revised November 2010)

November 16, 2010
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Lecturers Handbook
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Lecturer Crisis Guide #3 (updated 3/4/11)
Lecturers facing loss of work

March 14, 2011

This is a guide prepared by the CFA Lecturers' Council, which we hope provides information and resources for Lecturers who are told that they have lost classes or have lost all of their work. For questions this guide doesn't adequately address, please see the links provided and the contact information at the end of the guide.

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Information For Lecturers On Unemployment Benefits
Modified June 17, 2011

June 17, 2011

All part-time Lecturers, including those on three-year contract, are eligible to receive unemployment insurance during breaks–including summer and winter–in their employment; this is true even if you have signed the appointment letter for the coming term, because what you have signed is contingent on budget, enrollment, and program changes. Full-time Lecturers on unconditional appointments are not eligible during the terms of their appointments, but are eligible at the end of a 3-year appointment and before they sign a successor unconditional 3-year appointment.

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CFA at COCAL IX in Quebec City
Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor

October 16, 2010
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On August 13-15, 2010, six Lecturer activists represented CFA at the 9th biannual conference of COCAL: the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor. This tri-national organization - representing faculty off the tenure-line from the United Sates, Canada, and Mexico - meets every two years to discuss the corporatization of higher education, to share the challenges facing faculty in contingent appointments, and to generate and share strategies to combat the increasing casualization of academic labor in a global context.

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