A year after a scathing report revealed widespread mishandling of sexual misconduct claims at San Jose State and across the California State University system, two new laws will require stronger sexual harassment policies at its 23 campuses. The new laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed July 15 require Cal State University officials to expand current sexual … Read more
BY MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN | CalMatters California State University faculty overwhelmingly approved a new labor contract, moving the nation’s largest four-year public university system a step closer to ending arguably the most acrimonious labor standoff between educators and university leaders in the system’s history. The California Faculty Association said today that 76% of members who voted … Read more
By Jo Constantz | Bloomberg Over 20,000 student workers across 23 California State University campuses will begin voting Thursday on whether to form what would be the largest undergraduate union in the US. A win would further galvanize a labor movement that has taken hold on college campuses in recent years. Around 8 million American undergraduates work … Read more
California State University educators and students reacted on Tuesday, Jan. 23, to the news announced late the previous day that the CSU and the statewide faculty union had reached a tentative labor deal — averting a planned weeklong strike after just a day. The California Faculty Association, which represents nearly 30,000 members, launched a strike … Read more
After just one day on the picket lines California State University faculty members have canceled their historic strike. In a statement Monday night, the California Faculty Association announced that its members and California State University management had reached a tentative agreement, which calls for general salary increases and boosts parental leave by four weeks. The … Read more
Barring a last-minute deal, faculty members across the California State University system will stage a five-day strike starting Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands of students adrift just as the spring semester begins. The planned strike through Friday is the latest in a series of labor actions from lecturers, librarians, coaches, social workers and other staff … Read more
Cal State University said Tuesday, Jan. 9 that all instructional faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches will receive a 5% pay increase, effective Jan. 31. The increase — which will be revisited in future bargaining sessions before their contract expires in June — falls well below the 12% wage hike the 29,000 California Faculty Association-represented employees … Read more
“So happy to be back with some old friends,” read the caption of Weiss’ tweet, which included a photo of her holding the skull of a Native ancestor in front of boxes of other remains. For Ramos, a member of the San Manuel Indian Reservation’s Serrano/Cahuilla tribe, the caption was an example of the lack … Read more
At a congressional hearing last week on antisemitism at college campuses, the presidents of three leading universities were asked a question: Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate their institutions’ code of conduct? Their answers — which centered on the words “it depends on the context” — sparked outrage nationwide. One of those leaders, … Read more
Libby Black usually spends her Tuesdays in the classroom, teaching painting and drawing at San Francisco State University. But today, the associate professor was on a picket line — one of thousands of CSU professors, lecturers, and other faculty members demanding higher wages across the 23-campus system. “We were already behind inflation,” said Black, speaking … Read more