California State University faculty approve 4-year contract
The California State University faculty has overwhelmingly approved a new four-year labor contract, ending more than two years of contentious bargaining with the administration, the union said Tuesday. Lillian Taiz, president of the California Faculty Association, said the contract, which largely preserves current working conditions and contains no salary raises, won 91 percent of approval by voting members. About 45 percent of the union’s 12,500 voting members cast ballots over several weeks last month. Many faculty members were out of town on research assignments, Taiz said. The contract, which must still be ratified by the university’s board of trustees at its meeting later this month…
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by Christina Hoag, The Press Democrat.