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A.S. hopes for fair CFA, CSU deal
Mitchell Parker
Issue date: 2/21/07 Section: News
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At an Associated Students board meeting on Feb. 15, members of the California Faculty Association, as well as students, pleaded with the board to publicly support the CFA's cause.
The CFA, which is a union that represents the roughly 23,000 professors, librarians, counselors and coaches in the 23-campus CSU system, has been bargaining for better wages since September 2006, according to Jonathan Karpf, chair of the California Faculty Association strike organizing committee and a San Jose State University lecturer of anthropology.
Contract negotiations are still being conducted between the California Faculty Association and the California State University Chancellor's office.
The A.S. passed a resolution stating that, "The A.S. fully supports the quick, amicable and fair contract negotiations between the CFA and the CSU," which isn't exactly what faculty and students said they were hoping for.
"I was pretty disappointed," said Julian Rosenberg, a junior majoring in political science who addressed the board, in support of the CFA. "They made some good amendments but … they didn't state which side they were on. They just passed a statement saying that they wanted it to be over fast."
During Rosenberg's speech, he spoke of gigantic class sizes and poor faculty wages, two things that he says directly affect the students.
"Student learning conditions are faculty learning conditions," Rosenberg said to the board. "We can't separate the two."
Rosenberg's sentiment echoed an earlier statement by Karpf, who told the board, "Your faculty, including the California Faculty Association … are the students biggest ally."
Elena Dorabji, a political science professor and lecturer representative for the CFA, as well as a member of the CFA statewide bargaining team, expressed to the board her concern with overworked faculty.
"I regularly teach two regular sessions at De Anza to this day," said Dorabji, who also teaches four sessions of political science a semester at SJSU.
The CFA, which is a union that represents the roughly 23,000 professors, librarians, counselors and coaches in the 23-campus CSU system, has been bargaining for better wages since September 2006, according to Jonathan Karpf, chair of the California Faculty Association strike organizing committee and a San Jose State University lecturer of anthropology.
Contract negotiations are still being conducted between the California Faculty Association and the California State University Chancellor's office.
The A.S. passed a resolution stating that, "The A.S. fully supports the quick, amicable and fair contract negotiations between the CFA and the CSU," which isn't exactly what faculty and students said they were hoping for.
"I was pretty disappointed," said Julian Rosenberg, a junior majoring in political science who addressed the board, in support of the CFA. "They made some good amendments but … they didn't state which side they were on. They just passed a statement saying that they wanted it to be over fast."
During Rosenberg's speech, he spoke of gigantic class sizes and poor faculty wages, two things that he says directly affect the students.
"Student learning conditions are faculty learning conditions," Rosenberg said to the board. "We can't separate the two."
Rosenberg's sentiment echoed an earlier statement by Karpf, who told the board, "Your faculty, including the California Faculty Association … are the students biggest ally."
Elena Dorabji, a political science professor and lecturer representative for the CFA, as well as a member of the CFA statewide bargaining team, expressed to the board her concern with overworked faculty.
"I regularly teach two regular sessions at De Anza to this day," said Dorabji, who also teaches four sessions of political science a semester at SJSU.
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James Rowen
posted 2/21/07 @ 8:49 PM EST
It demonstrates that Alberto Guitterez is a political and personal coward. The Associated Students has done nothing for students or faculty for years. (Continued…)
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