California Faculty Association

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California Faculty Association
Founded1983(42 years ago) (1983)
Headquarters Sacramento, California
Location
Members29,000 (as of 2019)
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Website Official website

The California Faculty Association (CFA) is an American labor union that represents lecturers, professors, counselors, librarians and coaches from the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU). [1] It is the exclusive collective bargaining agent for all faculty in the CSU system. In 2022, their annual revenue was $18.1 million. [2]

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Structure and governance

CFA has a board of directors which is composed of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, associate vice president of northern campuses, associate vice president of southern campuses, council representatives, lecturer representatives, and campus chapter presidents. [3] In addition to the board of directors, CFA contains caucuses, councils, and committees that conduct aspects of CFA work and a student organization, Students for Quality Education.

History

After the State Employer-Employee Relations Act of 1978 was passed in California allowing for union representation of state employees, [4] two unions competed to become the exclusive bargaining agent of the CSU. The Congress of Faculty Associations prevailed in a close 1982 election over the United Professors of California, and then changed their name to the California Faculty Association. [5] Prior to 1986, librarians had a dual-track system with some librarians having faculty status and others classified as staff. All librarians were incorporated as faculty when newly represented by CFA. [6]

The Women's Caucus was CFA's first caucus, formed in the late 1990s with its first Women's Conference held in 2000. In 2002, the Latina/o and African-American causes were created. [7] The Indigenous Peoples Caucus was formed in 2019. The first equity conference was organized in 2004 and the keynote was delivered by Justice Cruz Reynoso about CA Proposition 209 and its impact on students of color in the CSU. [7]

In 2019, CFA disaffiliated with the California Teachers Association and the National Education Association. [8] [9]

On January 22, 2024, the CFA went on strike to protest low starting pay among other issues. This came after negotiations for a 12% pay increase ended with no agreement. The university leaders said that the system already spends 75% of their budget on staff compensation and that they cannot afford a 12% increase in pay. [10] Later that day, the CFA reached a tentative agreement with the CSU system. [11]

Composition

CFA represents all California State University faculty. As of Fall 2019, the faculty were 57.1% lecturers, 37.9% tenured or tenure-track professors, 2.3% coaches and 1.2% librarians. [12] [13] While all faculty members are represented by CFA, only those who complete their membership applications may vote on CFA business. As of Fall 2015, 61% of all CSU Faculty are registered CFA members. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Who is the California Faculty Association?". California Faculty Association. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Suozzo, Andrea; Glassford, Alec; Ngu, Ash; Roberts, Brandon (June 26, 2023). "Service Employees International Union - Full Filing" (PDF). Nonprofit Explorer. ProPublica. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Board of Directors". California Faculty Association. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ State Employer-Employee Relations (California Government Code 3512–3524, Chapter 10.3). Stats. 1978 [Added by Stats. 1977]. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ Hoffman, Elizabeth; Hess, John (August 2, 2004). Contingent and faculty organizing in CFA: 1975–2005 (PDF). Conference on Contingent Academic Labor VI. Chicago. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ Shadwick, Ann; Parker, J. Carlyle; Rohde, Gladys J.; California State University; California Faculty Association (June 1, 2014). A brief summary of the struggle for faculty status for librarians in the California State University system, 1950s–1991 (PDF). ScholarWorks (Report). hdl: 10211.3/158687 . Archived (PDF) from the original on March 12, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Canton, Cecil E. (December 2020). Journey toward a more perfect union: Dismantling racism - becoming anti-racist. Sacramento, California. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-578-81417-9 . Retrieved May 9, 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ↑ Freedberg, Louis (August 1, 2019). "California Teachers Association loses thousands of members after faculty association decides to 'disaffiliate'". EdSource. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ Flaherty, Colleen (August 12, 2019). "Cal State's faculty union suddenly disaffiliates with the state's largest K-12 teachers union". Inside Higher Ed. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  10. ↑ Karlamangla, Soumya (January 22, 2024). "Cal State Faculty Begin Largest U.S. Strike of University Professors" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on January 22, 2024. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  11. ↑ Hatfield, Michelle (January 23, 2024). "Tentative Agreement Reached Ending CFA Members' Historic Systemwide Strike". California Faculty Association. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  12. 1 2 Cevasco, Vincent (February 2020). Changing Faces of CSU Faculty and Students, Vol. VIII (PDF). Equity Conference 2020: Connecting for Co-Liberation. Council for Racial and Social Justice. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  13. ↑ CFA Research (2018). "A Snapshot of Bargaining Unit 3, Fall 2018" (PDF). California Faculty Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
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