Fund the Classroom, Not the Boardroom
As the bargaining process escalates, we need to keep building momentum. Every faculty union member who joins our fight increases our ability to win better compensation and working conditions.
The message is clear: Faculty and staff of the CSU don’t matter. However, management approved big salary increases for campus presidents and vice-chancellors in 2025—long before the state budget increase was announced by Governor Newsom.
We will not remain idle. CFA members fought hard to secure the $366 million in new funding for the CSU in 2026-27. That money must be spent on instruction and ensuring that faculty and staff are fairly compensated for their work.
We will continue to fight and organize for the contract we know faculty deserve:
- Improved and more clearly defined workloads for instructional faculty, counselors, librarians
- A full-time base salary that is at least 10% of the chancellor’s base salary of $795,000
- An annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) measured by the Consumer Price Index plus 2% in perpetuity
- Automatic yearly step increases in the form of SSIs
- PPIs for 2025-26 and 2027-28
- An expansion of our systemwide equity program from $2 million to $10 million in compensation increases for all eligible faculty
- Stronger job security and protections for lecturers
- Reimbursements for licensure, certification, and continuing education credits for counselors, and telework options for counselors and librarians
- Assurance that AI does not replace our roles and responsibilities as educators nor undermine our right to our intellectual property
- The safeguarding of academic freedom by ensuring that faculty are not targeted for their speech and expressions
We can only win the best contract if you get engaged. Talk to your colleagues about the importance of our campaign for a stronger contract. Reach out to your CFA chapter president or field representative and ask them how you can take action. Attend our bargaining town halls, wear your CFA shirt, and keep showing up for all of us.
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