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.
Leaders of CFA’s Latina/o Caucus traveled to Sacramento last Tuesday, May 23 to lobby elected members of the California Assembly and Senate who belong to the Legislative Latino Caucus.
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.
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.
CFA’s Board of Directors on July 6 unanimously adopted areas of the contract the union plans to negotiate with CSU management, which will be presented to the CSU Board of Trustees during their meeting later this month in Long Beach.
Sacramento— On Thursday, June 15, the California Legislature will vote on a state budget bill, which includes additional funding for the California State University system, before it is sent to Gov. Jerry Brown for final approval.
