The academic year is about to get underway, but CFA activists and leaders are already hard at work building our collective strength through organizing and taking action to further protect our students and colleagues in the California State University.
A Cal State Fullerton lecturer will be returning to campus this fall after CFA successfully fought his termination following accusations that he had assaulted students at a counter protest.
Bargaining over the full successor faculty contract will be underway in coming months, with salary, workload, faculty hiring and appointments and quality of life on the job among key focal points of our negotiations.
Months of advocacy work by faculty, students, and community allies paid off this week as Gov. Jerry Brown signed a state budget bill that includes $204.2 million in additional funding for the California State University system.
On Thursday, May 11, faculty, students, and community allies came together in the Capitol rotunda to sing a message to Gov. Jerry Brown: The CSU needs $325 million in additional funding for the 2017-18 year.
Inspired by the song “Seasons of Love” from the musical “RENT,” the activists participated in a flash-mob style action and serenaded the governor as he exited his press conference that morning.
On February 23, CFA hosted a forum at the State Capitol to brief legislators and their staffs about the lack of investment in the CSU, and its impact on our students and system.
Assemblymembers and CFA activists, along with SEIU and national experts, participated in the panel discussion. The following are highlights from that discussion.
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.
CFA stands in solidarity with the University of Virginia and the city of Charlottesville in their anger and sadness over what has been done to their campus and community in the name of white supremacy and racism.
Three people lost their lives and many more were injured. The city and campus communities have been done real harm and a serious injustice, and we wish the families of those we lost, along with the communities, hope and healing moving forward.
CFA leaders will be among those providing perspective and information to lawmakers during a legislative hearing on Aug. 23 regarding the latest audit of the California State University system and faculty are encouraged to attend.
Just as faculty enjoyed a 3.5% salary increase on July 1, your CFA Bargaining Team began meeting to discuss contract negotiations with CSU management.
Bargaining for the full successor faculty contract is set to begin in September, with negotiations over salary, faculty hiring and appointments, workload, and quality of life issues as key focal areas.
First Look: Suspended California instructor to keep his job Politico
The California Faculty Association will announce today that Eric Canin, an anthropology lecturer at California State University, Fullerton, who got into an altercation with a group of College Republicans during a campus demonstration in February, will keep his job, Morning Education has learned.
The California Faculty Association, through aggressive representation, is proud to have successfully protected the career and livelihood of a 20-year lecturer at Cal State Fullerton.
