Management Receives Notice to Bargain as Survey Remains Open

Our bargaining survey remains open for CFA members to share their input.

CFA members can fill out the CFA Bargaining Survey here. Doing so helps identify key issues most important to faculty and shape our bargaining priorities.

The CFA Bargaining Team, who is responsible for conducting all collective bargaining negotiations, sent a notice of intent to bargain to the CSU Board of Trustees and CSU Labor and Employee Relations last Thursday.

The notice consists of a cover letter affirming our intent, per Article 41 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), to bargain a new contract. While we are still surveying members, we expect to open every article to achieve better terms and conditions of employment for faculty in the CSU.

We intend to bargain over academic freedom, artificial intelligence, and advance the anti-racism and social justice goals of the union.

We have asked that CSU management prepare its team to come to the bargaining table early in 2025, as the current CBA expires on June 30, 2025. We expect to bargain with a full CFA team and to engage in big table bargaining that is inclusive of interested faculty members.

At this year’s Spring Assembly, members approved a resolution to CFA Bylaws Article IX that expands the composition of the CFA Bargaining Team to include one representative elected from each of the 23 chapters. This resolution supports our goal of securing better contracts and ensuring that every faculty classification is well represented in the negotiations process. Check your chapter’s website or reach out to your chapter’s field representative to find more information about the nomination process and requirements.

Now is the time for all members to fill out the CFA bargaining survey. Our ability to substantially improve our working conditions depends on our ability to take collective action together.