Bargaining update: Bringing democracy to the table
The first bargaining session was held on June 27th for the 2023 bargaining reopener at CFA's Sacramento headquarters.
CFA hosted our first bargaining session with CSU management on Tuesday at CFA’s Headquarters in Sacramento. With over 50+ CFA participants made up of bargaining team members, chapter leaders, and activists - we packed the room!
Despite providing proposals early to the CSU, we made very little movement on Tuesday. Instead, management spent the majority of our bargaining session discussing ground rules because they don’t like the idea of democracy and transparency in negotiations. They attempted to narrow CFA bargaining team participation to only 50 members with ⅓ of them being virtual. We countered with 500 in person participants and an unlimited number of virtual attendees. After nearly six hours of back-and-forth over ground rules, management suddenly decided to table that discussion and ask questions about our re-opener proposals. Management is supposed to present their counter proposals at our next bargaining date on July 20th.
After Tuesday’s bargaining session, it’s clear we cannot sit back and be spectators to management’s bargaining stalling tactics. It will take all of us to win 12% salary increases, pay equity, campus health & safety, improved parental leave and the much needed workload relief to provide our students with the best quality education, because faculty working conditions are student learning conditions.
There are two upcoming opportunities that you can participate in to demonstrate your support for our bargaining demands:
First, join us on July 11th at 10:30-1:00 pm at the Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach to demand fair bargaining with us and our union siblings: Teamsters, CSUEU, UAW and APC. Register for the rally: https://bit.ly/BoTJuly11 today!
Second, we return to the bargaining table with management on July 20th and are encouraging all members to participate. While we don’t have details yet about the location, you can sign up here if you are interested in attending.
Finally, we are encouraging faculty to join or lead a Contract Action Team (CAT). A Contract Action Team (CAT) is a micro-organizing pod made up of you and a few of your faculty colleagues in support of CFA’s contract campaign. Each CAT lead takes responsibility for communicating with a small group of CFA members from their department, school, college, or another campus affinity grouping to make sure they are fully informed and engaged in the bargaining process. Sign up here.
You can also stay up-to-date on negotiations and bargaining progress here:
https://www.cfabargaining.org/
In Solidarity,
CFA-LA EBoard