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CFA Resolutions & Statements

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CFA Resolutions & Statements

The CFA Officers, Board of Directors and General Assembly vote to approve resolutions on an as-needed basis.

From time-to-time, CFA Officers also issue statements on immediate issues of concern.

Resolutions & Statements are listed below chronologically.

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CFA calls on California State University management to protect students and employees from racist hate groups, set policies and practices with moral clarity
Statement from the California Faculty Association

August 16, 2017

CFA stands in solidarity with the University of Virginia and the city of Charlottesville in their anger and sadness over what has been done to their campus and community in the name of white supremacy and racism. 

Three people lost their lives and many more were injured. The city and campus communities have been done real harm and a serious injustice, and we wish the families of those we lost, along with the communities, hope and healing moving forward.

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CFA Statement on protecting career of Cal State Fullerton lecturer

July 18, 2017

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.

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We all need to commit to ‘Due Process’
Letter to Orange County Register

To: Editor, Orange County Register
April 5, 2017

Dear Editor:

It is regrettable that the Orange County Register chose to publish an opinion piece by staff columnist John Phillips (March 31, 2017: “Universities should worry less about ‘triggering’ and more about ‘hair-trigger tempers’”), which resorts to hearsay and alt-right social media complaints to make a case in the news media that would never hold up in an impartial legal proceeding.

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An Open Letter to Principled CSU Trustees
From CFA Officers and Members

April 4, 2017
To: Ex Officio Trustees
Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom, Speaker Anthony Rendon, State Superintendent Tom Torlakson
Appointed Trustees
Silas Abrego, Douglas Faigin, Hugo Morales, Lateefah Simon, Maggie White

Dear Trustees,

We are writing to thank you for standing up for California State University students. On March 22, 2017, the Chancellor asked you to raise tuition by 5%. All of us appreciate that you voted against the increase and urged that body to chart a new course for the CSU. Your vote and your comments at the Board meeting reflected a commitment to access and equity for current and future CSU students. We are grateful your commitment to the People’s University.

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CFA Statement regarding Assembly Democrats’ “Degrees Not Debt” proposal

Sacramento — On Monday, March 13, 2017, California State Assembly Democrats announced a financial aid plan to help decrease the economic burden college students and their families face when attending the state’s public higher education universities.

The following is a statement from the California Faculty Association regarding the plan:

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85th CFA Assembly – Resolutions
March 2017

The following resolutions were passed during CFA’s 85th Assembly, held March 10-11 in San Diego.

Click on the links below to download the resolutions.

The following resolution was passed by Assembly delegates in a vote held March 28-30.

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CFA rejects Trump Administration policies on immigration, vows to protect and defend faculty, students and staff
Statement from the California Faculty Association

January 31, 2017

The California Faculty Association is outraged by the Executive Orders being issued by the Trump Administration, most recently the edict banning Muslim immigrants from targeted countries in the Middle East, which could directly impact the lives of many students and faculty, as well as impact learning and working conditions within the California State University system.

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Letter to faculty regarding hate speech, hate crimes and violations of academic freedom
CFA Chapter Presidents take stand to uphold free exchange of ideas

December 14, 2016

Dear Colleagues, 

The California Faculty Association (CFA) is committed to protecting academic freedom, including the rights of faculty, students, and staff to engage in debate and public protest.

The California Faculty Association will support and defend all members of our campus communities from racist, sexist, nationalist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-Muslim, and anti-Semitic attacks. CFA condemns all hate speech and hate crimes on campus and in our surrounding communities.

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Statement on Protections for Undocumented and Vulnerable Students, Colleagues
From the CFA Board of Directors

November 17, 2016

The California Faculty Association is a progressive labor union and a leader in higher education, representing the more than 27,000 faculty, librarians, coaches, and counselors in the CSU systems, which serves over 470,000 students in the state of California.

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84th CFA Assembly – Resolutions
October 2016

The following resolution was passed during CFA’s 84th Assembly, held Oct. 14-15 in Millbrae. 

Click on the link below to download the resolution.

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CFA comments to the CSU Board of Trustees
September 2016

CFA leaders presented the following comments to the CSU Board of Trustees during their meeting on September 20, 2016.

“What do we do with our peacetime? Lay a foundation for cooperation, now and in the future, to advance the California State University”
Comments by CFA President Jennifer Eagan

“November 8 Election: We all can and must campaign for Proposition 55″
Comments by CFA Political Action & Legislative Chair Lillian Taiz

“The case for Ethnic Studies: Offer curricula that nurture students to succeed”
Comments by CFA Secretary Molly Talcott

“About the faculty contract: Implementation of agreements going well; campus presidents can help to keep this good progress going”
Comments by CFA Bargaining Team Chair Kevin Wehr

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Statement on the recent shooting deaths
From the California Faculty Association

July 14, 2016

CFA mourns the loss of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and the five police officers shot and killed last week. After a year of so much violence and injustice, we find ourselves in a state of perpetual mourning. Surely we all have had enough of unjustified death, and yet it doesn’t stop.

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Statement on the Orlando Massacre
From the California Faculty Association

June 24, 2016

At the beginning of LGBTQ Pride Month, we awoke to the news of yet another mass shooting. Shocked and shaken to our cores, we found ourselves – quickly and jarringly – moving from celebration to devastation.  A month wrapped in rainbow flags has become one of candlelight vigils.

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Additional budget funding for California State University appreciated, but more is needed to fulfill mission of ‘The People’s University’
NEWS FROM THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION

The following is a statement from Jennifer Eagan, President of CFA, regarding the California state budget. Dr. Eagan is a Professor of Philosophy and Public Affairs & Administration at CSU East Bay.

The California Faculty Association appreciates the $12.5 million in additional base funding for the California State University this fiscal year, yet it comes up far short of the investment the ‘People’s University’ truly needs.

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CFA Board of Directors endorses Proposition 30 extension

April 20, 2016—It’s signature gathering season, and CFA is encouraging voters to sign an important ballot measure that would result in critical education funding for K-12 and community colleges.

Last week, the CFA Board of Directors voted to endorse “The Children’s’ Education and Health Care Protection Act of 2016,” a new ballot initiative that is an extension of Proposition 30.

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83rd CFA Assembly – Resolutions

Delegates at the 83rd CFA Assembly in October 2015 adopted resolutions on the following:

See the full text via these links:

Resolution on CFA’s Commitment to Anti-Racism and Social Justice Transformation

Resolution Urging CFA Members to Authorize Job Actions

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Resolution on CFA’s Commitment to Anti-Racism and Social Justice Transformation

Whereas, CFA is a progressive labor union committed to anti-racism and social justice activism; and

Whereas, The most pervasive forms of racism are covert and institutionalized; and

Whereas, CFA desires to continually transform itself into a more inclusive and socially just organization through the adoption of anti-racist and social justice principles, values, practices, and policies; and

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82nd CFA Assembly – Resolutions

Delegates at the 82nd CFA Assembly in April 2015 adopted resolutions on the following resolutions.  

See the full text via these links:

California Faculty Association Resolution on Re-Opener Bargaining, Spring 2015

CFA Resolution in Support of AS-3199-14/FA (Rev) Non-Tenure Track Faculty and Shared Governance in the California State University: A Call to Campus Senates

CFA Resolution in Support of AS-3157-13/FA Recommendation on the Eligibility of Lecturers for Emeritus Status

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California Faculty Association Resolution on Re-Opener Bargaining, Spring 2015

Whereas the CFA white paper series, “Race to the Bottom” has revealed that thousands of faculty are struggling to make ends meet as a result of a decade of neglect, and

Whereas these conditions have taken a terrible toll on many who feel that they are being pushed out of the middle class or will never even get into it, and

Whereas the salaries of faculty on every single campus have lost purchasing power, and

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CFA Statewide Lecturers’ Council Response to National Adjunct Walkout Day (NAWD) Feb. 25, 2015

Adopted by the CFA Board of Directors on February 17, 2015

The California Faculty Association (CFA) Lecturers’s Council expresses its support for all faculty whether represented by a union or not.  In solidarity with our colleagues, campus chapters may consider various means of symbolic support for all non-tenure-line faculty on February 25, 2015 with a view toward shared governance and equity for all faculty.

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