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Staff and Student Assistants Team Up to Welcome
Students to Campus
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CSUEU members and
student employees raise visibility of massive organizing movement
underway for Student Assistants to join CSUEU
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Thousands of students took their first steps onto
a CSU campus for Move In Day this week, and CSUEU members were
there to let them know we have their back. Our Labor Coalition
used the meet-and-greet opportunity with students and their
families to raise awareness of the vital services Staff and Faculty
provide - and of the need for the CSU to invest in the workforce
that is critical for student success.
CSUEU member leaders from Cal Poly Humboldt, San
Diego State, Chico and Fresno also worked closely with a cadre of
Student Assistants to spread the word of the massive organizing
effort underway for student employees to form their union
alongside CSUEU members. Check out the #StrongerTogether campus pics!
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"The CSU exploits Student Assistants
because they don't have a union - and we are going to change
that. They perform real work, with real value for the
University. We fully embrace the SAs in their fight for a
seat at the bargaining table. The CSU is terrified that
their wall-to-wall union workforce will be more powerful with
Student Assistants joining our union family - but it is happening
because this is an unstoppable movement!"
-- CSUEU
Cal Poly Humboldt Chapter President Darci Miranda
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The CSU is supposed to be an economic engine of
opportunity – but its budget priorities year after year have
created a workforce shortage that jeopardizes students’ success
while burdening Staff and Student Assistants with unrealistic
workloads.
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We are fighting to restore the CSU to its mission
of opening doors by investing in students and the workers
who power the University. Do
you work with an awesome Student Assistant and/or want to
share why you believe we are #StrongerTogether? Click on this form to share your
story! Bonus points if you send a selfie with a Student
Assistant!
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UC Labor Center Survey: Student Workers
Struggle to Make Ends Meet
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Students taking a labor course at UC Berkeley this
Spring conducted a research project involving 221
student workers in Alameda County who attend public colleges and
universities. The student researchers explored student
workers’ financial status and (in)security, their housing
situation, and the effect of work on their academic life.
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One significant finding: 75% of survey respondents
meet the criteria for CalFresh and the main cause of economic
insecurity is the high cost of rent in the San Francisco Bay
Area.
CSU Support Staff are all too familiar with the
struggles of living paycheck to paycheck. Which is why as we
fight for salary reform in our contract
re-opener negotiations with the CSU, we also demand that the
Administration stop their stalling tactics and let the Student
Assistants vote to form their union immediately.
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"I get paid once per month and get an average
of 5-10 hours. It makes life very hard! I would like a
livable wage and an opportunity to work more hours. That's why
we're forming a union alongside CSUEU members - to win respect
and accountability from the CSU!" -- Arianna Alonso, Student
Assistant, CSU Northridge
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Union "School" for Aspiring
Stewards
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This year's final two new Steward
trainings are scheduled for Sept. 9 and Dec. 9 for
members who are not currently stewards but who would like to
develop leadership skills.
The application links for each cohort are
available starting now for those who are interested. Please share
with those who would like to be a part of this opportunity.
Sept. 9 application link (closes Sept. 1): https://forms.gle/wsdKT62YLk91aNBj9
Dec. 9 application link (closes
Nov. 27): https://forms.gle/DTyzTWagpsLcWadD8
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Big Win! State Department of Education
Superintendent Tony Thurmond met with CSUEU leaders and Student
Assistants last week to learn about our efforts to secure a fair
salary structure as well as the fight by student employees to
form a union.
Afterward the state's top Education
official tweeted his clear public support.
"Having the Superintendent on our side is
huge and developing public allies is crucial as we press the CSU
to invest in students and staff," said CSUEU President
Catherine Hutchinson, who led the call with the Superintendent.
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Left photo: (L-R) Ken Castillo, Los Angeles
Chapter President; Rep. Adam Schiff; Hector Maciel, Cal Poly
Pomona Chapter President
Right photo: Member leaders with Rep. Katie Porter
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CSUEU Chapter Presidents Ken Castillo and Hector
Maciel recently met up with other SEIU locals for a U.S.
Senate candidate "Meet and Greet" event. The forum
was a powerful reminder that as CSUEU members, we are part
of a much bigger SEIU union family which is 600,000-member
strong in California alone!
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Photo: (L-R) Assm. Addis; Monica Conner,
BU 7 Rep; Jason Filice, BU 9 Rep; and Sathyan
Sundaram, Chapter President
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CSUEU Monterey Bay Chapter hosted
Assemblymember Dawn Addis for a campus tour with
members last week. The legislator heard about staffing
issues plus our efforts to win salary steps and and a
union election for Student Assistants.
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Support CSUEU Political Activities!
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