Dana WilliamsFeb 15, 2024

"We have the collective power to win a better contract, and we must democratize our union! It all begins with a “No” vote on the TA."

- "Cal State LA Sociology Department’s Statement on the Tentative Agreement"

#CalState #CFA_united #union #Strike #Sociology #TentativeAgreement

https://theacademicworker.substack.com/p/cal-state-la-sociology-departments

Cal State LA Sociology Department’s Statement on the Tentative Agreement

As Sociology faculty, we are interested in the sustainability of the human condition - not just in theory but in practice. As such, we are deeply invested in health, wellness, economic equity, and other forms of support for our students, staff, and faculty. We stand in solidarity with the CFA members across the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system, who are voting “NO” on the Tentative Agreement (TA), and we are urging members to consider the consequences of a “Yes” vote.

the academic worker
Dana WilliamsFeb 11, 2024

"My Faculty #Union Leadership Claims a Win, But Their Compromise Eroded Our #Wages"

"CFA’s actions have generated widespread discontent among the rank and file. Members charge the leaders with betrayal for settling too quickly and easily. Most faculty had, after all, cancelled classes, rearranged lesson plans and prepared for a week of #picketing, which included standing outside in a massive storm in southern California on January 22."

#CFA_united #CalState #strike

https://truthout.org/articles/my-faculty-union-leadership-claims-a-win-but-their-compromise-eroded-our-wages/

My Faculty Union Leadership Claims a Win, But Their Compromise Eroded Our Wages

The rank and file of the labor movement must resolve to confront the predatory capitalism plaguing our workplaces.

Truthout
Dana WilliamsJan 26, 2024

Statement from Cal State Faculty United back in October 2023 about establishing a winning #strike strategy for #CFA_United. I didn't see this at the time and apparently neither did CFA leadership.

https://calstatefacultyunited.blogspot.com/2023/10/cal-state-faculty-united.html

Cal State Faculty United

Open Letter to the CFA Membership: A Strategy for Winning Our Strike by members of California State Faculty United (CSFU) representing ten c...

Dana WilliamsJan 23, 2024

Utter trash article from the #NYTimes about the #CFA #strike. A few vague quotes from a labor scholar that don't really address the CFA specifically, followed by three #CalState administration officials and only one quote from the CFA president. No mention of the real issue with salary--the demand for greater equity for lecturers and a range of other non-salary demands. Stunning BS.

#CFAonStrike #CFA_united

https://web.archive.org/web/20240122164834/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/us/csu-california-faculty-strike.html

Cal State Faculty Begin Largest U.S. Strike of University Professors

Thousands of professors, lecturers and other academic staff members walked off the job in a protest that was expected to cancel most classes early in the academic period. They plan to strike for five days.

The New York Times
Dana WilliamsJan 23, 2024

#ChicoState's campus was mostly dead today due to #CFA_united #strike across the #CalState system during first day of Spring semester. Here's my office tower, where no classes took place!

#CFAonStrike #union

Dana WilliamsJan 17, 2024

When the #ChicoState chapter of the California Faculty Association (#CFA_United) goes on #strike this coming week (Jan 22-26), we'll be holding daily, noon-time "encuentros" (rallies), with open-mics to talk about #issues. A march/action will follow!

(Please post #CaliforniaFacultyAssociation plans at other campuses during the strike)

#CalState #union #ChicoWildcatStrike

Jason E MillerJan 12, 2024
My union has declared a strike, and I'm fully in support of my union in principle. But, MAN, the leaders of my local are kinda useless and uninspiring. #CFA #CFA_united #CFA_CSUCI
CSU RADJan 9, 2024

Liars earning one-quarter million dollar salaries gonna lie...

https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2021/california-state-university/leora-d-freedman/

#CalState #CFA_United #union #strike

Salary information for Leora D Freedman

Search California public, government employee, workers salaries, pensions and compensation

Transparent California
Dana WilliamsDec 20, 2023

The California Faculty Association (#CFA_united) union has just announced that it'll be striking against the California State University system during the first week (January 22-26) of the Spring 2024 semester! Please help us in our struggle to preserve public education in California!

#Union #Strike #CalState

https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2023/12/cal-state-salaries/

Pay for Cal State presidents has grown at nearly twice the rate as pay for lecturers

The rate of Cal State salary increases for chancellor and presidents have outpaced faculty. Executives say their pay still lags behind the national average.

CalMatters
CSU RADDec 14, 2023

"Universities are contested, contradictory spaces in society: they facilitate the pursuit of #justice and #freedom, but also serve as an ideological support and resource supply for dominant, hierarchical systems. Although #public universities receive taxpayer support, this does not necessarily make #universities mere instrument of #TheState. They can and often do serve state interests, however."

#CalState #union #strike #CFA_united #domination #hierarchy

https://rant.li/csurad/universities-as-autonomous-zones

Universities as Autonomous Zones

Universities are contested, contradictory spaces in society: they facilitate the pursuit of justice and freedom, but also serve as an ideological support and resource ...

csurad