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State
Assembly Subcommittee Considers Funding Salary Study's
Recommendations
Committee Chair Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) and
Assemblymember Patrick O'Donnell (D-Long Beach) voice support for
increasing funding for the CSU
Following
astonishing news that California has a record $99
billion budget surplus, the state Assembly Budget
Subcommittee on Education Finance heard a presentation from
state and CSU finance officials this week (May 17) regarding
the latest proposed budget allocation for the CSU.
The CSU is seeking
$381 million more in state funding to boost its operating
budget; $287 million in ongoing funding to implement
recommendations of a staff salary study; and $900
million one-time funding to repair and modernize
University infrastructure.
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In light of the
CSU's stated needs, Assemblymember McCarty, who is chair of the
committee, questioned why the state's May budget proposal
contained less funding for the CSU than originally outlined in
January, even as California has amassed an unprecedented
surplus.
"You would think we would have more money for
the CSU, but there is less money. How do you reconcile the
fact that we have these needs ... and the investment to the
CSU goes down?"
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Our Union is
partnering with the CSU, along with Teamsters 2010, APC and other
CSU unions, in asking for state funding so that the CSU can lift
up stagnant wages, as identified in the salary study.
We have a supporter
in Assemblymember O'Donnell, who said at the
hearing: "I support the salary study," and
added that providing funding for the study’s recommendations
“would be a very good thing.”
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What's Next
Great job to all who signed a postcard and sent an email to Gov.
Newsom and their district legislators these past weeks. Now
we need Speaker
Anthony Rendon to hear from us to ensure
additional CSU funding will be included in the Assembly state budget,
which is still being worked on. You can send a quick email to Speaker Rendon
by clicking on a pre-written message on this web form.
Next Monday (May
23), CSUEU members join Teamsters 2010 and other CSU unions at
the state Capitol to lobby that the salary study's
recommendations be included in the state budget.
We will also deliver the thousands of signed #FundOurFuture
postcards that have poured in across campuses.
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#GoodJobs
Rallies Draw Key State and University Leaders
The list of supporters for the #FundOurFuture
campaign is growing every day.
 Senate
President pro Tempore Toni
G. Atkins (D-San Diego) and Senate Budget &
Fiscal Committee Chair Nancy
Skinner (D-Berkeley): Budget proposal last
month included boosting higher-education funding. State Senator John Laird
(D-Santa Cruz) was also an early supporter for more funding to
address salary inequities at the CSU.
Assemblymember
Jacqui Irwin
(D-Thousand Oaks) joined CSUEU chapter leaders at Channel Islands
to learn more about pay gaps at the CSU.
Sen.
Rosilicie
Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa) joined CSUEU San
Bernardino for a #GoodJobs rally as did Sen. Connie Leyva (D-Chino) at
Cal Poly Pomona - both events on May 13.
Lt. Gov. Eleni
Kounalakis came to CSU Fullerton and stood
with workers last week voicing unequivocal support for CSU
Support Staff, along with Student Trustee Maria Linares.
Also... a huge UNION shout-out to all the CSU
presidents who have attended our postcard-signing events or sent
a letter of support: Cal Poly Pomona
President Soraya M. Coley; CSU San
Bernardino President Tomás D. Morales; CSU
Fullerton President Fram Virjee; CSU Fresno President Saúl
Jiménez-Sandoval, and San Francisco State
University President Lynn Mahoney.
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For Autism
Acceptance Month in April, CSUEU's Disability Constituency
Group and the Longmore Institute on Disability
held a webinar on the neurodiversity movement and unions.
The session, led by CSUEU Steward
Katie Murphy (SFSU), was held on two
different days and drew great enthusiasm from participants. A
recording is now posted online. This webinar covered issues such
as: What are autism acceptance and neurodiversity and why do
they matter to unions?
CSUEU and CSU in
April reached a Memorandum of Understanding on the salary
study with the parties agreeing that they will negotiate over the
implementation of the study, but not negotiate the findings of
the study. Both CSU and the unions agree that the salary
study should be implemented as written and that they will
negotiate annual salary increases through the regular bargaining
process. Once the state Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom
approve funding for the study, we will negotiate with the CSU the
issue of annual raises and any retroactive pay or bonuses for the
two years Support Staff went without a raise.
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Union Condemns Massacre in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Along with the rest
of the nation, we are devastated by the horrific massacre that
took the lives of 10 individuals this weekend in Buffalo, New
York. We send our deepest condolences to the families that will
never be whole again. The Justice Department is investigating the
shooting, perpetrated by an 18-year-old white supremacist who
drove more than 200 miles to a supermarket to gun down Black
people on a Saturday afternoon. >> Full union statement
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CSUEU is proud to
count Asian American and Pacific Islander workers at the CSU as
members and leaders of our Union family who provide vital
services to students and the entire CSU community.
The month-long
celebration recognizes the historical and cultural contributions
of individuals and groups of Asian and Pacific Islander descent
to the United States.
Read more from National Public Radio.
CSUEU's Asian
Pacific Islander Constituency Group meets today (May 18) at 6
p.m.
>> More information to join the Zoom
meeting.
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