[Faculty] Fwd: Tentative agreement includes salary increases for all faculty {Disarmed}

[Allen Plotkin]

FYI.
Allen


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April 8, 2016

Greetings Faculty Colleagues,

The CFA Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the Bargaining Team, has
recommended that a tentative agreement between CFA and CSU management be
submitted to the membership for ratification.

The tentative agreement includes:

   - A 5% General Salary Increase on June 30, 2016 for all faculty on
   active pay status or on leave
   - A 2% General Salary Increase on July 1, 2016 for all faculty on active
   pay status or leave
   - A 3.5% General Salary Increase on July 1, 2017 for all faculty on
   active pay status or leave
   - A 2.65% Service Salary Increase (step increase) during Fiscal Year
   2017/18 for eligible faculty

As part of the tentative agreement, the current faculty contract would be
extended by one year, with a new expiration date of June 30, 2018. All
current provisions of the contract will be continued, including workload
relief for probationary tenure-line faculty and assigned time for
exceptional service to students.

The union also secured improvements regarding:

   - Effective July 1, 2016, the minimum increase upon promotion will rise
   from 7.5% to 9% for tenure-line faculty who are promoted from assistant to
   associate professor, and associate professor to full professor.
   - Lecturer Range Elevation: Creation of a working group to study the
   problem of range elevation (pay increases) being linked to payment of step
   increases in order for lecturers to move up in classification. That working
   group, comprised of CFA and CSU leaders, is tasked with determining a
   solution by March 1, 2017, with binding arbitration if a resolution cannot
   be reached by the parties.

The agreement also includes language regarding vesting and future
cooperation. Faculty hired on or after July 1, 2017 will receive full
health benefits upon retirement at age 50 with at least 10 years of service
credit. Faculty meeting those requirements also will be eligible for a
basic dental plan paid by the CSU.

Going forward, the bargaining calendar will be altered so that CFA and CSU
management will negotiate salary prior to the establishment of the CSU’s
budget process and their request for funding from the legislature. This is
an important change from our past bargaining processes, and signals a new
spirit going forward.

This tentative agreement would not have been possible without the
dedication and hard work of our student, staff, labor, legislative, and
community allies. We will be thanking them in the days to come, and I hope
you thank the allies you have been working with on your campus.

* I want to thank the CFA membership for your incredible hard work,
dedication, and fearlessness in this reopener fight. You made this happen.
Your creativity and style, from your red outfits to your hall-walking rap
to speaking truth to power, have been inspiring. Preparing for the strike,
your work on the campuses helped us secure this agreement. I am proud to be
associated with you and to call you my colleagues.     *

Details on when and how to vote to ratify this tentative agreement will be
forthcoming. We will begin bargaining for the successor contract on July 1,
2017 for the next contract that will begin July 1, 2018. That’s not a lot
of rest time. We will need your help building power through membership and
your fierce advocacy again very soon.

In Solidarity,


Jen Eagan

President, CFA





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