CFA Headlines July 1, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
OPEN LETTER TO CSU FACULTY FROM CFA OFFICERS

CFA Headlines June 30, 2009 (pdf)

1. BUDGET CUTS AND FURLOUGHS
   ∙CFA questions Chancellor leadership, half-baked budget plan
   ∙Attend Trustees’ meetings and CFA Action Planning meeting
   ∙View the updated Q&A
2. THE STATE BUDGET
   ∙Dems pass majority vote budget plan, gov vows veto
   ∙New radio ads urge Senators Ashburn and Cogdill to vote for a common sense budget
   ∙Gov seeks to limit health, pension benefits for future state workers
   ∙Governor threatens third furlough day for state workers

CFA Headlines June 26, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
1. BUDGET CUTS AND FURLOUGHS
   ∙CFA Board: Faculty Vote will occur when furlough details are known
   ∙CFA meets with Chancellor’s Labor Relations reps
   ∙New FAQ has more answers to your furlough questions
2. STATE BUDGET UPDATE
   ∙No budget deal yet; Controller considers IOUs
   ∙New TV ad says Gov must stop protecting big business at expense of students & others
3. MEMBERSHIP VOTE
   ∙Check your email to see if you are on CFA’s list
   ∙You must be a member to vote; sign up to become a member
4. TAKE ACTION
   ∙Mark your calendar for upcoming Trustees’ meetings and CFA Action Planning meeting
   ∙Attend a rally against budget cuts
5. IMPORTANT LINKS

CFA Headlines June 23, 2009 (pdf)

1. BUDGET CUTS AND FURLOUGHS
   ∙CFA to meet with Admin Thursday
   ∙Chancellor, campus presidents meet on budget cuts
   ∙Q&A on furloughs
   ∙How would faculty workload be reduced with furloughs?
   ∙Why letters to the editor are important
2. LEGISLATION
   ∙Higher Ed Committee hears AB 656
3. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines June 19, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
1. BUDGET CUTS AND FURLOUGHS
    ∙CFA Board of Directors to determine upcoming voting dates
    ∙CFA meets with Administration on budget cuts
    ∙You must be a member to vote; sign up to become a member
    ∙Have questions? View the Q&A
    ∙Faculty meet with Presidents, voice their concerns
    ∙UC to cut faculty pay 8%
2. TAKE ACTION
    ∙AB 656 goes to committee; would provide vital funding
    ∙Send a letter to the editor
    ∙Attend a rally in opposition to budget cuts

CFA Headlines June 16, 2009 (pdf)

1. BUDGET CUTS AND CSU FACULTY
   ∙CFA meets with Admin on furlough proposal
   ∙View the Q&A on possible furloughs and budget cuts
2. THE STATE BUDGET
   ∙Budget deal alludes lawmakers as deadline passes
   ∙Watch the ad for a “Common Sense Budget”
   ∙CSU asks for “mandate relief” to help mitigate impact of budget cuts
   ∙Daily 49er: Budget cuts are academic genocide
3. LEGISLATION
   ∙AB 656 heads to committee next week
   ∙LA Times: A California tax on oil drilling? Why not?
4. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines June 12, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
CFA BOARD, BARGAINING TEAM HOLD JOINT MEETING ON CSU BUDGET CUTS

CFA Headlines June 11, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CSU FACULTY

CFA Headlines June 9, 2009 (pdf)

1. THE STATE BUDGET
   ∙ Lawmakers continue work on budget revision
   ∙ Faculty & Alliance allies send 15,000 messages to lawmakers
   ∙ Cal Grants survive first hurdle
   ∙ California Budget Project: Proposed budget hurts poor,
     benefits corporations
2. RETIREMENT
   ∙ NY budget crisis leads to limit in pension benefits
   ∙ CalPERS responds to misinformation on pensions
3. CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
   ∙ PERB issues complaint in Chancellor’s $31M giveback
4. LEGISLATION
   ∙ SB 218 for CSU accountability rolls through Senate 35-1
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines June 2, 2009 (pdf)

1. THE CSU BUDGET
   ∙ Budget decision looms; send a message today
   ∙ Higher ed leaders testify before budget conference committee
   ∙ LAT: California could be the first state to cut student aid
     while hiking fees
2. THE STATE BUDGET
   ∙ Controller Chiang says state is almost broke, needs quick
     resolution of budget
   ∙ Sac Bee’s “the conversation” includes CFA
   ∙ Gov. to cut state workers another 5%
   ∙ UC cuts admin pay 5%; cut to employees up next?
3. BARGAINING
   ∙ Fact finder named, dates to be announced soon
4. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines June 2, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
ACTION NEEDED TO PROTECT CSU BUDGET

CFA Headlines May 29, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
URGENT! ACTION NEEDED TO PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY IN
CSU FUNDING

CFA Headlines May 27, 2009 (pdf)

1. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Gov unveils $5.5 billion in proposed cuts
   ∙ Plan includes elimination of Cal Grants
   ∙ Enrollment reductions already underway for 2009/10
   ∙ Send a letter to LA Times on Cal Grant cuts
   ∙ Send in campus budget rumors
2. HOW TO FIX THE BUDGET
   ∙ Discussion grows about how to fill state’s leadership gap
   ∙ Sac Bee’s “the conversation” includes CFA
   ∙ New poll shows Californians want real budget reform
3. FACULTY RIGHTS
   ∙ CFA, CSU Admin settle two disputes over student evaluations
4. PROP 8 & EQUAL RIGHTS
   ∙ High Court upholds Prop 8
   ∙ Attend Fresno “meet in the middle” event
   ∙ CFA co-sponsors AJR 19 to repeal the Federal
     Defense of Marriage Act
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines May 21, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
POST- 1A POLL

CFA Headlines May 20, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
PROPOSITION 1A FAILS

CFA Headlines May 19, 2009 (pdf)

1. PROP 1A & THE SPECIAL ELECTION
   ∙ Californians go to the polls to decide fate of ballot measures
   ∙ Chancellor makes false claims about 1A
   ∙ Faculty editorialize against Prop 1A
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Governor unveils two new budget plans
   ∙ Students’ pleas go unanswered as Trustees approve
     another 10% fee hike
   ∙ Send in campus budget rumors
3. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ View the new CFA Magazine online
   ∙ New CSU exec gets $285 K
4. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines May 15, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
False Claims Made about Prop 1A in the CSU Chancellor's May 15 Budget Update

CFA Headlines May 14, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
Governor Unveils Doomsday Budget Scenarios as Support
for Propositions Wanes

CFA Headlines May 12, 2009 (pdf)

1. PROP 1A & THE SPECIAL ELECTION
   ∙ One week ‘til election, what you can do to help
   ∙ Gov sells doom & gloom as his ballot measures sink
   ∙ Two more CTA affiliates oppose 1A
   ∙ Participate in a phone bank
   ∙ Stanislaus students oppose budget cuts in YouTube video
2. CSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES
   ∙ Trustees set to approve another 10% student fee increase
3. EXECUTIVE WATCH
   ∙ Daily 49er: Time for somebody else to take the CSU wheel
   ∙ Former CSU exec sacked from White House post
4. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ View the new CFA Magazine online
   ∙ SB 218: ‘Accountability Bill’ passes committee
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines May 8, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
Lawsuit Filed and Dissent Grows against Ballot Measures

CFA Headlines May 5, 2009 (pdf)

1. PROP 1A & THE SPECIAL ELECTION
   ∙ Oakland Ed. Assn. breaks ranks with CTA on 1A
   ∙ More opposition to 1A: Angelides, Kuehl, UC faculty
   ∙ Chancellor Reed favors ballot measure that could
     decimate future CSU funding
   ∙ Let CFA know you’re committed to "Voting No on 1A"
   ∙ Follow the campaign on Facebook, Twitter
   ∙ Request absentee ballots by May 12
2. POLITICS AND LEGISLATION
   ∙ Capitol Lobby Day focuses on CSU funding, accountability
   ∙ Padilla, Johnson address Lobby Day attendees
   ∙ Education committee approves bill to rein in exec pay
   ∙ Attend your campus budget meeting
3. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ View the new CFA Magazine online
   ∙ Committee on Committees meet, BOT up next
4. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines April 28, 2009 (pdf)

1. PROP 1A & THE SPECIAL ELECTION
   ∙ Sign up online to help defeat Prop 1A; view the website
   ∙ Dems refuse to endorse 1A at convention
   ∙ View CFA’s Q&A on 1A and the CSU
   ∙ CSU retired faculty vote to oppose 1A -
   ∙ LA Times: Ballot measures are mostly shams and frauds
   ∙ Register to vote by May 4; request absentee ballots by May 12
   ∙ Members of CFA Teacher Education Caucus send open letter
     to CSU Teacher Education Faculty about 1A
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Attend your campus budget meeting
   ∙ Send in campus budget rumors
3. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ Capitol Lobby Day is this week
   ∙ BoT to meet Wed to prepare to elect new chair
4. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines April 23, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
CFA SAYS VOTE NO ON PROP 1A IN THE MAY 19 SPECIAL ELECTION

CFA Headlines April 21, 2009 (pdf)

1. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Attend your campus budget meeting
   ∙ Send in campus budget rumors
   ∙ Federal recovery money for education arrives
2. BARGAINING
   ∙ No settlement in mediation; fact-finding is up next
3. SPECIAL ELECTION
   ∙ Prop 1A: It’s already a rainy day
   ∙ Deadline to register to vote is May 4
   ∙ Absentee voters: Request your ballot today!
   ∙ Wear your “No on 1A” button
3. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ Attend Sacramento affirmative action forum

CFA Headlines April 7, 2009 (pdf)

1. 70TH CFA ASSEMBLY
   ∙ CFA commits to fight 1A, protect higher ed funding
   ∙ Torrico, Rhoades address Assembly
   ∙ Assembly election results, second AVP Lecturers’ position created
   ∙ View videos from the Assembly
   ∙ Faculty learn Web 2.0 tools; join Facebook groups
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Attend your campus Budget Meeting
   ∙ View California Budget Project’s analysis of Prop 1A
3. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ Bill to limit exec pay passes committee
   ∙ Attend Sacramento affirmative action forum

CFA Headlines April 1, 2009 (pdf)

1. ANOTHER CUT TO CSU TRIGGERED EARLY
   ∙ $50 million more in cuts were announced Friday
2. SPECIAL ELECTION MAY 19 — PROP 1A
   ∙ League of Women Voters opposes 1A: spending cap
   ∙ Cal Budget Project deconstructs 1A
   ∙ CSU Trustees vote to support 1A despite risk to CSU funding
   ∙ CFA says register to vote now, let others know how
3. CAMPUSES
   ∙ Sonoma kicks off campus budget summits today
4. CFA IN WASHINGTON DC
   ∙ CFA delegation calls on federal officials to help CSU
   ∙ Relive the trip by visiting “CFAinDC” on Twitter
   ∙ Keep sending your “cuts stories” to White House
5. CSU TRUSTEES & EXECS
   ∙ CFA urges non-confrontational contract solution
   ∙ CFA addressed Trustees last week on advocacy & revenue
   ∙ Chancellor Reed: The good, the bad, the…you know
6. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ CFA Assembly next weekend
   ∙ AAUP says oppose faculty lay-offs at SF Art Institute

CFA Headlines March 17, 2009 (pdf)

1. BARGAINING
   ∙ Mediation process begins
   ∙ View the new Q&A on bargaining
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Thousands of emails, rally precede “trigger funding” hearing
   ∙ Students protest budget cuts at the Capitol
   ∙ Northridge, San Francisco hold budget rallies
3. CFA GOES TO WASHINGTON
   ∙ Faculty to visit nation’s Capitol; follow the trip on Twitter
4. OTHER NEWS
    ∙ View VLOG on CFA’s District Lobby Days
    ∙ CFA Board resolution on Middle East violence
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines March 12, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
Your Email Needed to Stop the Bleeding
Threat of third deep budget cut this year to our state university looms

CFA Headlines March 10, 2009 (pdf)

1. BARGAINING
   ∙ State-appointed mediator named
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Meeting set on “trigger funding”
   ∙ Northridge students to hold rally Wed.
   ∙ SF State to march for public education
3. POLITICAL ACTION & LEGISLATION
   ∙ View CFA Prez’ VLOG on HR 4
   ∙ State Assembly to vote on HR 4 this week
   ∙ District lobby days continue this week
4. OTHER NEWS
    ∙ View the California Faculty magazine online
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines March 3, 2009 (pdf)

1. BARGAINING
   ∙ Re-opener bargaining on faculty raises heads to mediation
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ View the FAQ on the budget and special election
   ∙ CFA sends letter to lawmakers on stimulus funds
   ∙ Mortenson weighs in on jobs bill for the college-educated
   ∙ Back-to-school fax days conclude
3. EXECUTIVE WATCH
   ∙ Admin memos suggest raises, equity pay for managers
4. POLITICAL ACTION & LEGISLATION
   ∙ Torrico introduces oil severance bill to fund public higher ed
   ∙ Assembly hears “New Deal” for higher ed bill
   ∙ District lobby days kick off this week
5. OTHER NEWS
    ∙ Grievance win on “careful-consideration”
    ∙ View the California Faculty magazine online
6. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines March 2, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
Torrico, CFA Introduce Oil Severance Bill to Fund Higher Education
Historic measure would enact a tax on oil and natural gas at the wellhead in the state to create a funding mechanism for public higher education

CFA Headlines February 24, 2009 (pdf)

1. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Gov. makes line-item cuts, signs budget
   ∙ Campuses complete “back-to-school” fax days
   ∙ CFA opposes spending cap ballot measure
   ∙ Send a message to lawmakers on federal stimulus money
2. EXECUTIVE WATCH
   ∙ Lecturer positions disappear as management jobs grow
   ∙ Judge rules against CSU Alums in retroactive pay case
3. POLITICAL ACTION & LEGISLATION
   ∙ New bill promotes transparency in CSU auxiliaries
     & foundations
   ∙ Attend CFA District Lobby Days
3. POLITICAL ACTION & LEGISLATION
   ∙ PERB certifies impasse
4. OTHER NEWS
    ∙ Diehr re-elected CalPERS VP
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines February 19, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
Lawmakers reach deal on budget
Historic $42 billion spending plan will send numerous measures to the ballot, including a “spending cap” that could devastate the CSU.
Compromises made to secure the final vote could cost the CSU $50 million if swift action is not taken.

CFA Headlines February 18, 2009 (pdf)

1. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Budget deal stalls as Republican Senators dismiss their leader
   ∙ Spending cap hurts the CSU, California
   ∙ Tell lawmakers to stop the spending cap, no budget cuts!
   ∙ Successful back-to-school fax days draw large crowds, media
   ∙ 20,000 state workers issued layoff notices, union strikes deal
     on furloughs
2. EXECUTIVE WATCH
   ∙ CSU management continues to grow as number of faculty
     shrinks
3. THE NEW DEAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
   ∙ CFA Prez sends letter to CA Congressional delegation
     on stimulus funds
   ∙ Send in economic hardship stories to White House
4. OTHER NEWS
    ∙ AAUP General Secretary to visit CSU campuses
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines February 10, 2009 (pdf)

1. BARGAINING
   ∙ CFA, CSU to enter impasse procedure
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Send a fax to protect CSU funding
   ∙ Budget boondoggle approaches 100th day
   ∙ Successful back-to-school fax days continue this week
3. CFA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
   ∙ Leadership plots course for Spring term
   ∙ CFA unveils 2009 legislative agenda
4. THE NEW DEAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
   ∙ Higher Ed and the Federal economic stimulus plan
   ∙ Send in economic hardship stories to White House
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines February 5, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
Chancellor's Bargaining Team rejects arbitration option; wants to retain option to impose contract on faculty

CFA Headlines February 3, 2009 (pdf)

1. BARGAINING
   ∙ Arbitration? No response from the Chancellor
   ∙ CFA Prez addresses Trustees on contract
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ State faces dire consequences as budget deadline passes
   ∙ Student interns in LA Times, NPR on budget
   ∙ Back-to-school fax days/e-marches continue this week
    ∙11 newspapers run editorials blasting lawmakers
3. THE NEW DEAL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
   ∙ Faculty comment on Obama/Biden “Task Force on the
     Middle Class”
   ∙ CFA sends letter to Leg. leaders on federal stimulus money
4. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ CFA, labor advocates act to protect state worker benefits
5. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines January 27, 2009 (pdf)

1. BARGAINING
   ∙ CFA sends formal notice to submit economic articles to
     arbitration
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ State could run out of money as soon as Sunday
   ∙ Trustees to take up budget, other matters
   ∙ Send in yours Cuts Have Consequences stories, videos
    ∙Listen to audio of Higher Ed at the Edge media conference
3. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ CFA councils meet
4. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines January 21, 2009 (pdf)

1. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ State budget dysfunction continues
   ∙ State on brink of cash flow abyss: Cal Grants won’t be paid,
     faculty likely will
   ∙ Chiang halts furloughs, plan wouldn’t have applied to CSU
2. THE FACULTY CONTRACT
   ∙ Bargaining update
   ∙ PERB issues complaint against CSU on student evaluations
3. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ CFA at the inauguration
4. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines January 13, 2009 (pdf)

1. HIGHER ED AT THE EDGE
   ∙ CFA study receives enthusiastic reviews
   ∙ CFA leaders showcase report
   ∙ Sac Bee editorializes in support of CFA study
2. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Gov. releases 2009/10 Budget
   ∙ Lawmakers still negotiating 2008/09 budget
   ∙ Gov proposes major cuts to Cal Grant program
   ∙ PPIC: “Investing in education crucial to economic recovery”
   ∙ Attend “State of the People” address
3. BARGAINING
   ∙ View the updated Q&A on bargaining
4. UPCOMING EVENTS

CFA Headlines January 7, 2009 (pdf)
SPECIAL EDITION
New CFA study: State on course to wreck its own economy
with budget cuts

CFA Headlines January 6, 2009 (pdf)

1. THE STATE BUDGET AND THE CSU
   ∙ Director of Finance previews 2009/10 budget
   ∙ Lawmakers still negotiating 2008/09 budget
   ∙ Cuts Have Consequences
2. HIGHER ED AT THE EDGE
   ∙ CFA to release report on how state is wrecking
     its own economy
   ∙ UC Prez editorializes on need to invest in human capital
3. BARGAINING
   ∙ View the updated Q&A on bargaining
4. OTHER NEWS
   ∙ Exec pay lawsuit enters post-trial stage
   ∙ CFA signs onto Labor Fed challenge of Prop 8
5. UPCOMING EVENTS