At campus CFA Chapter meetings up and down the state, CFA members are examining the Tentative Agreement between CFA and CSU management to extend the contract through June 2020. And, they like what they see.
This is CFA-affiliate National Education Association’s “Higher Ed Week of Action” when faculty are asked to advocate for the federal 2017 Dream Act. It’s a time to stand up for our immigrant, Dreamer, and DACA-mented students, families, and colleagues.
Mark your calendars! Dates are set for the ratification vote to extend the contract for two years. CFA members will have the opportunity to vote on the tentative agreement starting at 6 am Monday, Oct. 30 through 2 pm Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.
With an important ratification vote coming on faculty salary increases , now, more than ever, it’s time for all CSU faculty to join CFA. As a member, you have the right to vote in CFA elections and on tentative agreements between CFA and CSU management, which, if ratified, become part of our faculty contract.
CFA congratulates the new faculty appointee to the CSU Board of Trustees—Romey Sabalius, a professor of World Languages and Literatures at San José State.
CFA’s Board of Directors has voted unanimously to send a tentative agreement between CFA and CSU management to extend the current contract two years—with salary increases for all faculty—to CFA members for a ratification vote.
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Students, faculty, and community allies rallied in front of the Capitol and held a news conference call at CFA headquarters in Sacramento on Tuesday in support of AB 21, which would help provide protections for undocumented students, faculty, and staff in the CSU and community colleges.
Letters to the editor can have a huge impact on issues that face the CSU and CFA. Here CFA offers tips and advice on writing a letter to the editor, as well as links for local newspapers.
On November 1, San José State will the site of the second in a series of hearings by the state Assembly’s Select Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education in California. CFA urges faculty, students, the CSU community to turn out and speak out.
Wednesday, November 1, 9:30 am-Noon
Student Union Theater, San José State U.
“The Master Plan, which created our public higher education system, deserves serious attention,” said Lillian Taiz, chair of CFA’s Political Action and Legislation Committee.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: The CSU campuses affected by intense wildfires and smoke have reopened this week, including at Sonoma State, which was closed for a week. Sonoma CFA Chapter President Elaine Newman said, “There has been incredible loss and suffering here by faculty, students, and staff, and it’s too soon to know the extent. Two faculty in my department alone lost homes.”
Fires raging throughout the state have impacted several CSU campuses, but there is help for faculty who have experienced significant losses due to disaster in California.
Because of CFA’s affiliation with the California Teachers Association, our members have access to CTA’s Disaster Relief Fund, which maintains four types of grants for those affected.
FIRST EVER LECTURER EMERITA: Dr. Jean Simutis is the first lecturer to be named Lecturer Emerita at CSU East Bay, effective Fall 2017. Starting in 1990 until she retired in 2015, she taught 15 different math courses, all as a Lecturer. Math Chair Julie Glass wrote, “Jean’s service to students, the department and university was exceptional. Congratulations Jean!”
