CFA leaders and activists will urge CSU Trustees to support legislation updating police use of force protocols in California and reject a proposal to declare impaction at Cal State Los Angeles during the Board of Trustees meeting next week.
CFA’s Women’s Caucus salutes and celebrates the work of our women colleagues on International Women’s Day. Women are the backbone of our union and the CSU.
We have collected articles and videos to celebrate women’s contributions to the academia and to social movements around the world.
A CFA-sponsored bill that seeks to limit the circumstances in which police can use deadly force is gaining momentum following a decision by the Sacramento County District Attorney to not file charges against officers in the murder of 22-year-old Stephon Clark.
After a seven-day strike that demonstrated the power of teachers, students, and the community, the Oakland Education Association reached agreement and ratified a new contract.
Students and faculty are fighting campus officials’ proposal to declare impaction at Cal State LA, a move that could negatively impact prospective students from the surrounding areas, which are increasingly students of color and the first in their families to go to college.
It’s time to introduce 2019 bills for consideration by the California State Legislature, and CFA is working with State Senator Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician, to reintroduce the Mental Health Counselors Act to improve care on the campuses.
CFA hosted a rally in support of gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom on Friday, Nov. 2 at San Diego State.
The event drew hundreds of students, faculty, and community allies to the East Commons, where the crowd heard more about Newsom’s commitment to protecting quality public higher education.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: Hundreds of high school and college students marched from one end of Sacramento to the Capitol on Thursday, March 7 following a week of civic unrest and protest related to police use of force.
The four-hour march, organized by Black Student Union chapters, was to support AB 392, CFA-sponsored legislation that would update police use of force protocols.
Counselor faculty often find themselves supervised by administrators who are unfamiliar with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). This can create problems in a number of areas, especially counselors’ workload and evaluation.
While mental health counseling for students is a critical need that follows them from pre-school to college, students are much more likely to see police officers, rather than counselors, in their schools.
A new episode of our podcast ‘Radio Free CSU’ is now available and highlights the values, policies and practices CFA has embraced as part of our anti-racism and social justice transformation and how that work is making a lasting impact on our campuses.
Article 16 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the “Non-Discrimination” article, “prohibits discrimination against faculty unit employees on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability, medical condition, or veteran status.”
