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Bargaining Update
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CSU Negotiators Finally
Acknowledge Classifications Need Updating
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CSUEU’s Bargaining Team met with the CSU’s
negotiating team on Tuesday (Oct. 3) ready to hear management’s
counter offer. More than 80 CSUEU member observers were on hand
to keep the employer honest!
Management presented us with a new concept: a
5% general salary increase (GSI) in year 1, a 5% GSI in year 2,
and in year 3 adjusting the new salary scales up by 3.5% and then
slotting people into their target step.
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To be very clear: Steps will happen this
contracting cycle, which is what CSUEU members have been fighting
for since the unilateral removal of steps in the mid-90s.
In a major concession, the CSU finally acknowledged that
classifications need to be updated to reflect the work our
members are doing and to implement the steps, and agreed to hire
a third-party consulting firm to expedite this process.
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We have identified more than 8,500 members who
have classifications that need to be reviewed and updated,
including classifications that were identified by the Mercer
salary study. This is a WIN for us that the CSU admitted it is
important to address misclassification to ensure that employees
reach their correct landing point with the implementation of
steps.
Our Bargaining Team spent Wednesday reviewing the CSU counter
language and preparing our counter. We are ready for the Oct. 10
bargaining at the Chancellor’s Office, followed by an Oct.
11 session at CSU Long Beach.
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Student Assistants Make Headlines Announcing They
Are on their Way to Vote to Join CSUEU Members
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Our announcement this week that 19,000 Student
Assistants won state approval to advance to a union
vote drew extensive media coverage. Participating in
the Oct. 3 Zoom press conference were: Student Assistants
Diana Perez, CSU Los Angeles, and Leah Baker, CSU Monterey Bay;
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond;
Starbucks worker Travis Hiett; CSUEU President Catherine
Hutchinson; and Executive Director Jim Philliou.
The news generated widespread online support, such
as California
Labor Federation, which tweeted: "INCREDIBLE
NEWS: This is the largest non-academic student worker campaign in
U.S. HISTORY. It's time for @calstate to Let Student
Assistants Vote!"
A More Perfect Union tweeted to its
quarter-of-a-million followers: "Student-workers at
California State University campuses have won the right to vote
on forming a union. They would form the largest
undergraduate student-worker union in U.S. history."
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One powerful show of support was the letter from
the CA Legislative Progressive Caucus, cautioning
Chancellor Mildred García that "delaying the process to
enter into an election will only harm this invaluable workforce
that deserves to be supported."
What's next? While we negotiate
the process for the upcoming election, Staff and Student
Assistants will continue to build our power! CSUEU members can download this flyer, post at your
worksite, and encourage Student Assistants to scan the QR
code to take the What Do You Want to Fight For survey.
(Thanks, Declan
Galli, for your flyer design! We *know* Student
Assistants are talented.)
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Labor Champion Laphonza Butler Appointed to be
CA's Next U.S. Senator
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In a huge win for workers, Gov. Gavin Newsome has
appointed long-time labor champion Laphonza Butler to
represent Californians in the U.S. Senate. The appointment fills
the seat held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who passed on Sept. 29.
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“Laphonza Butler is a strong, passionate leader,
whose life's work has centered on building power for workers,
whether their work is in fast food or home care," said CSUEU
President Catherine Hutchinson. "She will be an outstanding
U.S. Senator defending workers' rights and our democracy."
Laphonza Butler's prior roles include serving
as President of SEIU 2015, where she led the fight for fair
wages and respect for home care workers. As president of SEIU
California, she helped win the first statewide $15 an
hour minimum wage in the nation.
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State Legislative Hearing Grills CSU Leadership
for Title IX Program Failures
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For CSUEU members, holding CSU management
accountable means securing a fair contract with an equitable
salary steps structure AND demanding that the CSU respects the
recent state labor board decision to let 19,000 Student
Assistants vote to join CSUEU.
Our accountability campaign doesn't end there.
We also continuously monitor the institution's
practice of handling of sexual harassment and workplace abuses
through its Title IX program, which protects against
discrimination based on sex (including sexual harassment) in
schools with federal funding.
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CSUEU Vice President for Finance Terry Wilson
testified at a state legislative hearing in August where
lawmakers called out University leadership for not taking
adequate steps to protect students and staff despite years of
documented problems.
CSU's top executives did not put up a defense. In
fact, Vice Chancellor Leora Freedman offered a stark
admission:
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"That’s what our community says to us
also. Why should we believe that you’re committed to
changing? We have to rebuild trust with our community and with
you. I’m committed to do this, our institution is, but I
understand if don’t believe that yet."
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View the hearing and read the Fresno Bee coverage: "Sexual harassment scandals caused
major trust issues for Fresno State and CSU, unions
say."
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"CSUEU members are unique witnesses on
campuses. Not only are we targets of harassment ourselves, but
our members also perform the intake reports on harassment. So our
members both witness and personally experience the issues of the
Title IX system. The state audit of the CSU’s Title IX procedures
confirms the problems that our members have been observing and
been experiencing for years."
- Terry Wilson, CSUEU Vice President for Finance
Aug.
31, 2023 Legislative Hearing
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Gov.
Newsom Signs Pro-Worker Bills
That Help
Californians
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 California
workers's guaranteed sick days will increase from from three
to five per year, after Gov. Newsom signed SB 616 into
law this week. This benefit applies to workers not covered by a
collective bargaining agreement.
Last week,
Gov. Newsom signed AB 1228 (Fast Food Franchisor Responsibility
Act), raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20.
California's fast food workers now earn the the highest
guaranteed base in the industry nationwide.
Labor unions strongly advocated for both pieces of
legislation. Support the power of unions by joining CSUEU if you are not yet a member!
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More than 350 staff, faculty, and students
rallied in solidarity on Thursday (Oct. 4) sending a
message to the Chancellor's Office that we not only march to
support each other as a union family at CSU Los Angeles, but we
deserve to have a livable wage as California State University
employees. Union High Five to participants: CSUEU
Chapter 311 LA, CFA LA Chapter, Teamsters Local 2010, APC LA ,
ASE-UAW, and SQE-CSULA.
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