Bargaining Updates

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Bargaining Updates

February 22, 2012

CFA represents the instructional faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches who comprise Unit 3 among CSU employees. The union engages in collective bargaining under the terms spelled out in state labor relations law.

This page includes updates & information on the current status of contract negotiations

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CFA addresses Trustees on bargaining: new session scheduled

May 15, 2012

CFA Bargaining Update

Last Tuesday, Andy Merrifield, Chair of the CFA Bargaining Team, delivered these comments to the CSU Board of Trustees:

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Bargaining update: three-day session fails to yield settlement

May 8, 2012

Three days of bargaining ended Saturday without an agreement.

Initially bargaining appeared headed in a fruitful direction, but the process broke down when the Chancellor’s representatives began flip-flopping and setting moving targets in the discussion of faculty issues.

Andy Merrifield, Chair of the CFA Bargaining Team, said, “The Chancellor simply must understand that it is not only HIS issues that are key to reaching a settlement. We recognize a fair contract is balanced in which the needs of the faculty are just as important as the needs of management.

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Faculty take fight for a fair contract to Trustees today

May 8, 2012

Faculty take fight to Trustees

The CSU Trustees were meeting inside today, first in closed session to discuss “executive personnel matters” and collective bargaining. Then they met in committee on yet another new policy to give more raises to campus presidents, now from university auxiliaries.

Bargaining Update

CFA Bargaining Report
May 8, 2012

May 8, 2012

Dear Colleagues,

The CFA Bargaining Team’s patience—and we imagine yours as well—is wearing thin.

Yet another letter was sent from Gail Brooks to all CSU faculty purporting to “inform” faculty about events in bargaining for our contract. We were surprised to see such detailed observations about last weekend’s bargaining in her latest missive, considering she wasn’t in the room.

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CFA Bargaining Report
May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

Three days of bargaining ended on Saturday without an agreement.

Initially bargaining appeared headed in a fruitful direction, but the process broke down when the CSU administration began flip-flopping and setting moving targets in the discussion of faculty issues.

Said Andy Merrifield, “The Chancellor simply must understand that it is not just HIS issues that are key to reaching a settlement. If we can get over that hurdle we think we can arrive at a fair resolution to our contract dispute.”

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CFA Strike Vote Announcement Video

May 3, 2012

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Senator Lieu urges CSU to accept CFA's bargaining proposals

May 2, 2012

See Senator Lieu's May 2 letter to Chancellor Reed

Senator Lieu Letter to CSU

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The strike vote continues — CSU executives need to bring a new attitude to bargaining

April 24, 2012

The strike vote is proceeding apace with campuses reporting strong turnout both online and at in-person voting last week.

As reported elsewhere, after the first day of voting the Chancellor’s Office asked to meet again about the outstanding issues left in bargaining. Yet another effort will be made on May 3-4 to see if progress can be made at the table before moving to the final statutory step called fact-finding.

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Strike vote makes news around the state

April 17, 2012

Members of the news media were out in force Monday to cover the first day of strike voting.

A video monitoring service that tracks TV and radio news coverage found more than 100 references to the strike vote as of 5 pm Monday evening. These clips come in addition to the multitude of newspaper reports.

Here is a sampling of the coverage:

KGO-ABC Bay Area: CSU Faculty begins vote on Strike

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Faculty jam the polls on first day of strike authorization voting

April 17, 2012

Professor Ron Lopez, Sonoma State University

During the first day of voting Monday, thousands of faculty members came to the polls to vote on their willingness to strike should a contract agreement not be reached at the bargaining table.

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Voting begins to authorize a possible strike

April 17, 2012

Voting at CSU San Marcos

Voting began Monday to decide whether to authorize a faculty strike – should a contract agreement not be reached during fact-finding.

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Mediation for faculty contract breaks down

April 10, 2012

Mediation to settle a new CSU faculty contract broke down on Friday after months of meetings.

The following statement was issued by the CFA Bargaining Team yesterday:

The mediator in the CFA/Chancellor’s Office bargaining for a successor faculty contract announced on Friday that he was not optimistic about reaching an agreement in mediation and that he was prepared to certify the parties to fact-finding, the next stage in the statutory bargaining process for CSU faculty.

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Mediation continues as faculty prep for strike vote

April 3, 2012

Bargaining teams from CFA and CSU management will continue the process of mediation Friday in an effort to agree on the faculty’s next contract.

This week’s session with neutral mediator Tony Butka is the last scheduled mediation date. However, more dates could be scheduled if it is mutually agreed upon by the parties.

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Video: department chair explains ‘why I’m voting yes’

April 3, 2012

Why I'm voting "Yes"

In a new video, D.D. Wills, Chair of the Department of Geography & Anthropology at Cal Poly Pomona explains why she is voting “Yes” to authorize a strike.

Watch the video.

Join D.D. and the thousands of other faculty members who have signed the pledge to vote “YES” in the upcoming April strike vote at: www.calfac.org/aprilvote

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Why faculty “don’t want to strike”—and “why we will”

March 27, 2012

Strike Vote

A new flyer addresses questions that faculty may have about voting yes to support a strike.

Download the flyer.

As the flyer points out: “Chancellor Reed has chosen a path that hurts students, faculty and all of California. Without a fair contract, we will not be able to provide quality education for our students.”

Join CFA in the fight for a fair contract for faculty and quality education for our students.

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You must be a member to vote in April, join CFA now

March 20, 2012

In order to cast your ballot during the April strike vote, you must be a member of CFA.

To find out if you are a CFA member, look at a recent pay stub. If you are a member you will see “DUES-CFA” on the deductions line. If you are not a member, “NONMEM-CFA” will appear on the deductions line, indicating that you are a fee payer and not a member.

To sign up to become a member, visit: http://www.calfac.org/join

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CFA addresses Trustees on contract

March 20, 2012

Pledge to Vote Yes

In stark contrast to the raises given to CSU presidents Garcia and Morishita is Reed’s approach to negotiating a new contract with faculty. The Chancellor has brought nothing to the bargaining table but “take backs.”

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Show your support for a fair contract, sign the pledge to vote “Yes” in April

March 13, 2012

On Strike

CSU faculty, the time has come to take action in support of a fair contract.

Pledge to vote yes during the April strike vote.

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Third mediation session held in contract talks

March 6, 2012

A third mediation session between CFA and CSU management was held last week over the ongoing contract dispute.

Mediation is the second step in the “statutory process” outlined in state labor law.

While mediation is a confidential process, CFA leaders remain hopeful that Mediator Tony Butka will be able to move the two sides closer to an accord.

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View the Q&A on the strike vote

March 6, 2012

To help faculty members understand the stakes in this contract fight as well as the importance of voting “yes” in April, CFA has created a number of useful documents.

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