The first phase in CFA’s 2020 contract negotiations starts next
week. At the January 28-29 CSU Board of Trustees meeting,
members of the CFA Bargaining Team will “sunshine” CFA’s
proposals. Our current collective bargaining agreement expires
June 30.
Three Assembly members introduced legislation that would require
greater transparency and coordination between k-12 education and
higher education when the CSU or UC proposes changes to student
admission eligibility.
AB 1460, which would require students complete a course on
ethnic studies to graduate across the CSU, is set to be heard by
the Senate Appropriations Committee this week.
“We need a Chancellor who is devoted to public education and
works tirelessly to secure state funding for the CSU. Our new
Chancellor would know that rather than putting up more barriers
to student access to the CSU (such as impaction, additional
quantitative reasoning admission requirements, and suppressing
enrollment), we need more state funding to fulfill the promise of
four-year public higher education for all of California’s
students.”
CFA joined over 75 faculty and higher education staff from unions
around the country to strategize, share best practices, and learn
together about building Bargaining for the Common Good campaigns
in higher education. The convening in Washington DC was
part-conference and part-training, with opportunities for
participants to expand their understanding about Bargaining for the
Common Good (BCG) while discussing strategies for tackling
dilemmas, challenges, and opposition.
Around 200 faculty activists met in Los Angeles for three days of
meetings and CFA’s semi-annual Assembly of delegates. These are
some of the images from the weekend weekend.
Both at the Fall Leadership Kickoff and at a recent meeting of
the CalPERS Investment Committee, CFA members proudly showed
their solidarity in calling on the pension system to stop
investing in private prison operators CoreCivic and GEO
Group. At the committee meeting, CFA Associate Vice
President Margarita Berta-Avila and others provided a series of
emotional and direct remarks to the assembled members.
On Tuesday, April 30, faculty and students were at the Capitol to
urge lawmakers to #FundTheCSU and support state budget
allocations that would strengthen the People’s University.
To learn more about CFA’s budget advocacy and sponsored
legislation, click
here.
CFA held a reception on Monday, April 29 honoring Senator Holly
Mitchell and Gov. Gavin Newsom for their efforts on behalf of
public higher education.
Both Newsom and Mitchell were at CFA Headquarters in Sacramento
to accept their awards during the reception, which also was
attended by numerous legislators, faculty, and students.
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.
The first phase in CFA’s 2020 contract negotiations starts next
week. At the January 28-29 CSU Board of Trustees meeting,
members of the CFA Bargaining Team will “sunshine” CFA’s
proposals. Our current collective bargaining agreement expires
June 30.
Three Assembly members introduced legislation that would require
greater transparency and coordination between k-12 education and
higher education when the CSU or UC proposes changes to student
admission eligibility.
AB 1460, which would require students complete a course on
ethnic studies to graduate across the CSU, is set to be heard by
the Senate Appropriations Committee this week.
COMING SOON: CFA EQUITY
CONFERENCE: Registration will soon open for the 2020
Equity Conference, titled Connecting for
Co-Liberation. The conference will be held February 28
and 29 in Manhattan Beach. The keynote speaker is Safiya
Umoja Noble, author of “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search
Engines Reinforce Racism.” CFA’s ninth Equity Conference will
merge notions of belonging and bridging and of redefining
difference as a source of power as we connect for co-liberation.
2020 EQUITY CONFERENCE SAVE THE DATE: Titled
Connecting for
Co-Liberation, CFA’s ninth Equity Conference will merge
notions of belonging and bridging and of redefining difference as
a source of power as we connect for co-liberation.
The conference will be held February 28 and 29 in
Manhattan Beach.
