November 17 Strike

CFA protest for faculty pay raises

by Kristine McGowan, Assistant News Editor

Cars honked in support along the Seventh Street side of Cal State Long Beach as more than 150 members of the California Faculty Association marched along the sidewalk, carrying signs that read, "We teach the 99 percent."

The group marched from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday while handing out information regarding the pay raise conflict between the CSU and CFA, and the upcoming strike on Nov.

By Reanna Delgadillo

More than 90 percent of the California Faculty Association's members voted Monday to approve a one-day strike in response to rescinded faculty pay raises from the California State University.

Both CSU East Bay and CSU Dominguez Hills campuses will host the strike on Nov. 17 in hopes to spread the word of the problems the faculty is facing and to get the attention of the administration.

Statewide CFA President Lillian Taiz said the faculty’s fight is directly for the education of the students.

By Bay City News Service

California State University faculty from throughout the state are pouring in to two of the system's 23 campuses this morning to participate in a one-day strike to protest the cancellation of contractual raises for CSU faculty as tuition increases for CSU students, union officials said.

California Faculty Association spokesman Brian Ferguson said that as of 9 a.m. today, hundreds had already gathered outside CSU East Bay in Hayward, one of the two convergence points today for CSU faculty, along with Dominguez Hills in Carson.

By Lisa M. Krieger

Classrooms were empty at Cal State East Bay on Thursday, as hundreds of faculty members rallied over a pay dispute, budget cuts and frustration over university leadership.

Marching and holding signs that read "Fewer Classes, Higher Fees, CSU Is Run By Thieves," the California Faculty Association led a peaceful protest, triggering none of the violent police confrontations seen in recent rallies at University of California campuses.

By Terence Chea and Noaki Schwartz, Associated Press

Hundreds of California State University faculty members staged a strike Thursday at two campuses to protest the administration's decision not to pay negotiated raises.

The one-day strike came after the university Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition by 9 percent, or $498, next fall during a meeting that was disrupted by a violent confrontation between protesters and police at university headquarters in Long Beach.

Four protesters were arrested, and several officers were injured.