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2013 Contract & Bargaining Archive

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40 Days in Contract Countdown: Hear what colleagues are saying

Even as the CSU Trustees’ Committee on Collective Bargaining met yesterday, the countdown continues until the current faculty contract expires on June 30.

A wide range of faculty members on all 23 campuses have been sharing their thoughts about the faculty contract in videos you can view on the CFA web site.

Watch for a new video every day through June 30 and learn about the issues in our contract from our own colleagues.

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Bargaining Update from the CFA Team

The CFA Bargaining Team met with the CSU management bargaining team for two days last week, Thursday and Friday, March 13 and 14 in Sacramento. The two central issues discussed were the faculty evaluation process introduced by the CSU management team, and compensation issues introduced by CFA.  

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Bargaining update from CFA
Dec. 13, 2013

Last week, the CFA bargaining team made a number of proposals to the CSU in the areas of workload, compensation and stability. These proposals come directly from the survey conducted this fall. CFA also has received one proposal from the CSU, and we spent some time inquiring about its purpose.

Negotiators are representing the senior faculty, pre-tenured faculty, lecturers, counselors, coaches and librarians who are covered by the contract, which is set to expire June 30, 2014.

Negotiations between CFA and CSU were positive compared to past years.

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Just in time for the holidays: Raises hit paychecks

Faculty members should notice a slight bump in take-home pay this week as General Salary Increases were scheduled to be included in Dec. 1 paychecks.

The amount, negotiated last summer between CFA and CSU management, is about $960 per year ($80 per month). It will be paid retroactively.

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“Reopener” pay raise implementation
Negotiated by CFA earlier this year

Unit 3 faculty members will receive a modest General Salary Increase, retroactive to July 1, and CFA expects that you should see the base salary increase beginning with your December 1 pay statement.  Retroactive payments may arrive in a separate pay warrant.  Please note, however, that the actual payment is a function of programming at the state Controller’s Office and the implementation is in that office’s hands.

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CFA Bargaining Team prepares for talks to begin Dec. 12

The CFA Bargaining Team met six hours on Friday in preparation for the Dec. 12 launch of negotiations that will lead to the next faculty contract. The team used feedback provided by CFA members in the recent contract survey to get ready for the talks.

“We have a great bargaining team that includes faculty from campuses all over the state who represent all ranks and aspects of the faculty including lecturers, tenured and tenure-track, and from traditional classroom teaching, librarian, coaches and counselors,” says Andy Merrified, Chair of the CFA Bargaining Team.

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Modest pay increases to appear in Dec. 1 paychecks

General Salary Increases (GSI) that were negotiated last summer between CFA and CSU management are scheduled to be included in Dec. 1 paychecks.

The amount will be paid retroactively to July 2013. The total is pro-rated to a faculty member’s time base.  This is a permanent increase to each faculty member’s base salary.

The negotiations were part of “reopener” bargaining over compensation in the last year of the current contract, which expires June 30, 2014.

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CFA, CSU management set dates to start talks on next faculty contract

CFA members at the Maritime Academy are 'Ready to Bargain"

CFA’s Bargaining Team and CSU management agreed last week to begin talks in December on the next faculty contract. More dates were set for meetings in January and February.

The CFA team will gather this week to refine CFA’s proposals in preparation for the first meeting.

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Update on 2013 “reopener” faculty pay hike

In summer 2013, modest General Salary Increases (GSI) were negotiated by the CFA Bargaining Team for faculty members in “reopener” bargaining with CSU management over compensation in the final year of the current faculty contract.

CFA expects that CSU faculty will see the change in their December pay checks, retroactive to July 2013. However, please note that the actual payment is a function of programming at the state Controller’s Office and the date of payment is in that office’s hands.

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CFA addresses CSU Trustees on road to next faculty contract

CFA faculty members addressed the CSU Board of Trustees’ Committee on Collective Bargaining on Tuesday to call for an immediate start to talks on the faculty’s next contract.

Andy Merrifield, chair of the CFA Bargaining Team, told the Trustees, “We look forward to starting this bargaining as soon as possible.”  He said the recent exchange of publicly noticed bargaining proposals was the first time both sides sent them on the same day. “We saw that as a small positive sign in the right direction.”

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CFA & CSU management take the first step to bargain the next faculty contract

Forward together

On Friday, CFA and CSU management began the official process to negotiate the CSU faculty’s next collective bargaining agreement with an exchange of publicly noticed “sunshine” bargaining proposals.

It is CFA’s goal to start bargaining well before the June 30, 2014 expiration date of our current contract.

CFA’s proposals were sent CFA members and to the CSU Board of Trustees. CFA leaders will be at the Trustees’ meeting in Long Beach on November 5 to discuss them.

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CFA and CSU management exchange initial bargaining proposals
The exchange marks the first official step in talks over the faculty's next contract

October 25, 2013—CFA and CSU management began the official process of negotiating the next collective bargaining agreement for the CSU faculty today with an exchange of initial bargaining proposals.

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CFA Members! Deadline to submit bargaining survey is Oct. 21

2013 Bargaining Survey

The last day that CFA members may respond to the CFA Bargaining Survey is October 21, 6 pm. Please share your take on priorities and issues to address in talks on the next faculty contract with the CFA Bargaining Team.

The surveys will assist in formulating the opening “sunshine” bargaining proposals that will be presented to the CSU Board of Trustees at their regular meeting, November 5-6.

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Bargaining info meetings set at remaining CSU campuses

Forward Together

Faculty have been attending meetings about bargaining on every CFA campus to interact with CFA Officers and Bargaining Team members about the process and issues in negotiating the faculty’s next contract.

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Letter announcing intent to bargain on CFA web site

A letter sent to CSU management last week, announcing CFA’s intent to begin bargaining the next faculty contract, is available on the CFA web site.

In that letter the CFA Bargaining Team indicated it will present its opening proposals, known as “sunshine” proposals, at the November meeting of the CSU Board of Trustees.

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CFA bargaining info meetings scheduled at CSU campuses

Bargaining Meetings

All faculty are invited to meetings with CFA Officers and Bargaining Team members at your campus about the process and issues in negotiating the faculty’s next contract.

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Taiz tells Trustees it’s time for a better “bargaining culture”

CFA President Lillian Taiz addressed the CSU Board of Trustees last Wednesday to share CFA’s hope for a new and better tone in bargaining as the sides enter the statutory process to negotiate the faculty’s next collective bargaining agreement.

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CFA announces move to successor contract bargaining

Today CFA officially notified the CSU Administration of its intent to commence bargaining a “successor contract” for CSU faculty as well as to renegotiate the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Maritime Academy’s summer cruise assignments.

The current agreement between CFA and the CSU Chancellor’s Office for Unit 3: Faculty in the CSU expires on June 30, 2014. 

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The bargaining culture in the CSU must improve

The following was presented to the California State University Board of Trustees at their regular meeting on September 25, 2013.

CFA PRESIDENT LILLIAN TAIZ
BOARD OF TRUSTEES REMARKS
September 25, 2013

Good Morning. First, I’d like to say that we appreciate the willingness of Chancellor White to complete the Equity Year Two program, at long last, and also to put some money on the table for employee raises. These are important gestures which are appreciated.

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CFA members submitting bargaining surveys in big numbers. Join them!

Take the CFA Bargaining Survey

The CFA Bargaining Survey to collect CFA member input on issues in the next faculty contract is getting a strong response. In the first week, nearly 2,000 responses have come in.