Post by Logan on Feb 9, 2016 0:51:48 GMT -6
CSU faculty to strike for five days if contract deal isn’t reached
The California State University faculty union announced Monday that it will strike for five days across all 23 campuses if an ongoing contract dispute is not resolved by the middle of April.
The action depends on the conclusion of a fact-finding arbitration process with the university over a raise for the 2015-16 academic year. If an independent report expected to be released in about six weeks does not bring management back to the negotiating table, the California Faculty Association said it will direct teaching staff to cancel classes and picket April 13-15 and April 18-19.
It would be the first systemwide strike at CSU. Faculty have previously held a strike only once, in 2011, walking out for one day on two campuses to protest budget cuts. Other strike authorizations, including during contract negotiations in 2007 and 2012, were averted by settlements with the administration.
Faculty association president Jennifer Eagan called it “historic,” and said other actions could follow if the strike does not lead to a deal with the university. At a news conference in Sacramento, she said members are frustrated that they have not seen the benefit of a recovering budget after years of stagnant wages during the economic recession.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article59141563.html
The California State University faculty union announced Monday that it will strike for five days across all 23 campuses if an ongoing contract dispute is not resolved by the middle of April.
The action depends on the conclusion of a fact-finding arbitration process with the university over a raise for the 2015-16 academic year. If an independent report expected to be released in about six weeks does not bring management back to the negotiating table, the California Faculty Association said it will direct teaching staff to cancel classes and picket April 13-15 and April 18-19.
It would be the first systemwide strike at CSU. Faculty have previously held a strike only once, in 2011, walking out for one day on two campuses to protest budget cuts. Other strike authorizations, including during contract negotiations in 2007 and 2012, were averted by settlements with the administration.
Faculty association president Jennifer Eagan called it “historic,” and said other actions could follow if the strike does not lead to a deal with the university. At a news conference in Sacramento, she said members are frustrated that they have not seen the benefit of a recovering budget after years of stagnant wages during the economic recession.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article59141563.html