CSULB students information on what the strike will mean

1. CALIFORNIA FACULTY
ASSOCIATION (CFA) - FIGHT FOR 5
THE REAL ISSUE IS: WILL THIS UNIVERSITY
MANAGEMENT PRIORITIZE THE UNIVERSITY’S CORE
MISSION, FOCUS ON STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
OR WILL MANAGEMENT CONTINUE TO BLEED
DOLLARS FOR PET PROJECTS, EXTRA MANAGEMENT,
AND PERKS FOR EXECUTIVES?

2. WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
•CFA WANTS: A 5% SALARY INCREASE FOR
ALL FACULTY MEMBERS FOR THE 2015-2016
ACADEMIC YEAR, AND A SERVICE SALARY
INCREASE (SSI; AN IN-RANGE SALARY
INCREASE SIMILAR TO A STEP INCREASE)
FOR FACULTY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE. (CSU
MANAGEMENT IS OFFERING ONLY 2% WITH
NO SSI)

3. STUDENTS STRIKE FYI
•THE STRIKE IS SET FOR APRIL 13, 14,
15, 18, 19. SATURDAY/SUNDAY CLASSES
WILL MEET.
•FACULTY ON STRIKE WILL NOT HOLD
CLASS OR OFFICE HOURS, NO EMAIL
OR BEACHBOARD. NO MEETINGS WITH
STUDENT GROUPS, WE ARE NOT
WORKING.

4. STUDENTS WHY HELP US WITH THE
STRIKE?
• WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US ON THE PICKET
LINE, IT IS VOLUNTARY, BUT THIS WILL BE A
MOMENT OF HISTORY.
• WE INVITE YOU AS A STUDENT, TO SEE WHAT
COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR JUSTICE LOOKS
LIKE. FACULTY ARE PROTECTING EDUCATION
AND OUR PROFESSION THAT WE ALL LOVE
AND HAVE WORKED IN AND FOUGHT FOR OVER
MANY YEARS.

5. WHY THE STRIKE?
• STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE IN THE SAME BOAT!
• STUDENTS ARE ALREADY HURT BY DEBT, HIGH FEES,
AND FEWER FACULTY AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM. NO
WONDER IT’S TAKING SO LONG TO GRADUATE.
• FACULTY ARE WORKING HARD TO HELP YOU WHILE
STRUGGLING TO SUPPORT OUR OWN FAMILIES AND
KIDS’ WELL-BEING. MANY OF US COBBLE TOGETHER A
LIVING BY TEACHING AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS, DRIVING
ALL OVER TO GET THERE AND PARK.
• FACULTY AND STUDENTS PAY THE PRICE OF THIS
TYPE OF UNDERVALUED WORK.