CFA is expanding member benefits! Open enrollment started
Tuesday and runs for the next four weeks for those who want to
take advantage of enhanced insurance benefits, available only to
CFA members through MetLife.
The COVID-19 public health crisis exacerbates existing
inequalities, such as access to Wi-Fi in many communities or
employment in stable full-time jobs that include health insurance
coverage.
At Tuesday’s CSU Board of Trustees meeting, Chancellor Timothy P.
White announced plans for campuses to provide most instruction
and support program via virtual modalities for the Fall 2020
term.
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.
George Floyd’s public execution is shocking, but not surprising
given the persistence of anti-Black racism and white supremacy
that dehumanizes Black people. It is one in a long chain of
similar transgressions and murders, most recently including
Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and people are taking to the
streets because the United States has failed to address
this. CFA is a union representing faculty in the California
State University System, one that is dedicated to anti-racism and
social justice. As scholar activists, we have an obligation
to address the structural r
CFA is expanding member benefits! Open enrollment started
Tuesday and runs for the next four weeks for those who want to
take advantage of enhanced insurance benefits, available only to
CFA members through MetLife.
THIRD UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WEBINAR TUESDAY: The
final in a series of unemployment insurance webinars is Tuesday,
June 2. Over the past month, leaders prepared and
updated the presentation to include information on COVID-19
benefits. Contingent faculty are entitled to unemployment
benefits while they are not under contract. CFA member Antonio
Gallo will lead the remaining workshop.
COVID-19, or the coronavirus, is challenging our university
communities. At CFA, our tenure-line faculty, lecturer
faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches are not alone.
We are stronger together.
