[Faculty] Fwd: Consequences of a failed strike

[Prof. K. Morsi .]

Thank you Charles for your outstanding efforts to help give SDSU faculty
what they have deserved for a long time. We need to unite, it is* now* or
*never*.

I would like to let you know that I have filled up and submitted the strike
pledge form (which as you said was very quick to complete). I am copying my
respected College, adding my voice to yours.

Thank you once again for your efforts. We need to speak up against any form
of inequity and injustice. Strength is always in numbers, therefore you
certainly have my vote.

Thank you once again

All the best

Khaled

K. Morsi, D.Phil (Oxon.)
Professor & Director
Advanced Materials Processing Laboratory (AMPL)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
San Diego State University
Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182
Tel: 619 594 2903
Fax: 619 594 3599
Website: http://eon.sdsu.edu/~morsi


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: CA Faculty Association <cfa at mail.sdsu.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 9:13 AM
Subject: Consequences of a failed strike
To: CFA <cfa at mail.sdsu.edu>


Dear Colleagues,


Our faculty strike will be a fight over pay raises for 2015-16. Obviously
we all want the 5 percent raise, but whether you believe you need the raise
or not, we should all be concerned about what else is at stake.


If you have not yet filled out a Strike Action card during these past two
weeks, please do so NOW:

http://www.calfac.org/form/strike-action-pledge-0


*What if the strike fails?*

If the strike fails, it will be far more difficult for us to bargain with
the CSU from a position of strength.  Negotiating raises, protecting Tenure
rights, protecting Lecturer rights, and everything we value in our contract
will be in jeopardy in future contract bargaining.  (Remember 2011-12, when
both Tenure and Lecturer rights came under attack from Chancellor Reed?)
Our ability to protect the integrity of our profession through our contract
is at stake.  We need to stand our ground and we need to prevail.  This
means that we need maximum faculty participation in honoring the strike.


CFA has played a critical and decisive role over these last several years
in protecting our health benefits and our CalPERS pensions in Sacramento,
outside of the collective bargaining process.  It is no secret that our
pensions, in particular, have come under serious attack.  (And if you
believe that they cannot be cut, you are sorely mistaken.) If we show that
we cannot stand up, fight, and prevail on our own behalf, we will become an
easy target.


We did not seek out this fight.  Our proposal for a 5 percent raise for all
faculty members (plus a 2.65 percent SSI for all eligible) is fair and
affordable.  It is in line with increases that K-12 educators have been
receiving, and modest compared to increases that other higher education
faculty have received.  Yet we are faced with a Chancellor who has refused
to budge in the face of overwhelming data.  Our choice is to fold or to
fight.


*If you have not yet filled out a Strike Action card during these past two
weeks, please do so NOW:*


http://www.calfac.org/form/strike-action-pledge-0


*It will take you 60 seconds and will help us tremendously with our
resource planning for a strike. *


Best,

Charles Toombs


Charles Toombs

Chair and Associate Professor of Africana Studies

President, SDSU Chapter, California Faculty Association

Associate Vice President, South, California Faculty Association

CFA Office Phone: 619-594-2775




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