Salary negotiations fail; Some professors to picket
Mitchell Alan Parker
Issue date: 1/30/07 Section: News
On Wednesday afternoon, outside the Student Union, a picketing event is scheduled to be held by the California Faculty Association, which is a unionized faculty group that represents all of the 23,000 professors, librarians, counselors and coaches in the 23-campus California State University system, said Jonathan Karpf, Chair of the SJSU strike organizing committee who put together the picket.
The purpose of the picketing event is to raise awareness about the unfair wages of faculty, to recruit new members and to show strength in numbers to the Chancellor's office in hopes of reaching a deal for a new contract, Karpf said, who is also a lecturer of anthropology at SJSU and an evolutionary biologist.
"If [the faculty] aren't being treated fair, that means the students aren't getting the most out of their education," said Jeanette Ramos, a sophomore majoring in biology, who said she plans to stop by the picketing event on Wednesday to support the CFA.
The CFA negotiates with the CSU Chancellor's office for all faculty, whether they're a member or not, to improve working conditions and salaries, Karpf said.
"[The CFA] has been bargaining a successor contract from the one that was supposed to expire in 2005," Karpf said.
In September 2006, the office of CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed made a salary offer to the CFA, who countered back with their salary offer, Karpf said.
"When the CFA made the counter offer, the CSU walked out of the room. They literally walked away and declared an impasse," Karpf said. "It was like 'Our way or the highway.'"
But in an official statement released in response to the scheduled picketing event, the CSU said it "has made an excellent compensation offer to the union that represents the faculty of the California State University."
The statement further explained that a 24.5 percent salary increase over the next three years and a 100 percent payment on the increase in medical insurance premiums was included in the rejected salary offer.
The purpose of the picketing event is to raise awareness about the unfair wages of faculty, to recruit new members and to show strength in numbers to the Chancellor's office in hopes of reaching a deal for a new contract, Karpf said, who is also a lecturer of anthropology at SJSU and an evolutionary biologist.
"If [the faculty] aren't being treated fair, that means the students aren't getting the most out of their education," said Jeanette Ramos, a sophomore majoring in biology, who said she plans to stop by the picketing event on Wednesday to support the CFA.
The CFA negotiates with the CSU Chancellor's office for all faculty, whether they're a member or not, to improve working conditions and salaries, Karpf said.
"[The CFA] has been bargaining a successor contract from the one that was supposed to expire in 2005," Karpf said.
In September 2006, the office of CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed made a salary offer to the CFA, who countered back with their salary offer, Karpf said.
"When the CFA made the counter offer, the CSU walked out of the room. They literally walked away and declared an impasse," Karpf said. "It was like 'Our way or the highway.'"
But in an official statement released in response to the scheduled picketing event, the CSU said it "has made an excellent compensation offer to the union that represents the faculty of the California State University."
The statement further explained that a 24.5 percent salary increase over the next three years and a 100 percent payment on the increase in medical insurance premiums was included in the rejected salary offer.
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Michael Harold
posted 1/30/07 @ 8:07 PM PST
CSU educators and students in San Jose should unite to restore our campus's identity as the oldest California State University campus, which will help bring more wealth and better professor salaries to our school. (Continued…)
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posted 10/15/09 @ 6:35 AM PST
I must admit, very useful information for education. Thanks.
Greg
posted 10/16/09 @ 10:40 AM PST
I don't feel sorry for any of the instructors. If I have to take a pay cut because of the economy, they should too.
Neil Signo
posted 10/17/09 @ 7:27 PM PST
GO AHEAD AND FIRE THE STAFF, IF THEY ASK FOR A PAY RAISE.
I REMEMBER WORKING AT MACYS AND THE MANAGER'S CHILD WALKS UP AND SAYS 'PLEASE DONT FIRE MY MOM OR DAD', BUDDY IAM A COLLEGE STUDENT UNDER 21. (Continued…)
lifein SantaClara
posted 10/21/09 @ 4:02 PM PST
1. Your coworker added his girlfriend or wife salary plus granny to his to 'mouth it off'. I earn '$150,000'... to qualify for a bmw home loan.
2. The person claimed to be an accoutant, engr, doctor, lawyer 'he/she is married to one'. (Continued…)
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