Academy for Academic Personnel Administration
Fall 2003
Round Table Report
1. Institution Information
Name of Institution/System: California State University System
Name of Individual Responding: Samuel A. Strafaci
Title of Individual Responding: Assistant Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
2a. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
The faculty bargaining unit is comprised of approximately 23,000 employees in instructional faculty, academic counseling, coaching and librarian positions. The instructional faculty unit members include both tenure track as well as temporary lecturer faculty.
Bargaining Agent: California Faculty Association
Date of First Contract: 1982
Number of Succeeding Contracts: 7
2b. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
2c. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
2d. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) – Size and Composition
Number of Succeeding Contracts:
3. Activity Report (e.g., status of current agreement or negotiations, details of last contract settlement, etc.):
Our current contract is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2004. We are currently involved in bargaining regarding fiscal year 2003/04 compensation due to a re-opener bargaining requirement in the current master agreement.
We have been unable to reach agreement on compensation changes as the bargaining is deadlocked over union proposals to receive some modest salary and benefits improvements in the face of a $300 million reduction in the CSU’s budget. As has been widely reported our state’s annual $100 billion budget has a deficit of more than $38 billion. No additional bargaining dates are scheduled at the time of this report.
In addition, by the time that the conference is underway, the results of a gubernatorial recall vote will determine whether the current Governor will be replaced by either the current Lieutenant Governor, a major motion picture action hero and former Mr. Universe, a former child television star, a former major league baseball commissioner, a current porn star, or the founder and current owner of a pornographic men’s magazine. This recall election has delayed the confirmation votes of several of the current Governor’s appointments to our Board of Trustees.
4. Special or noteworthy happenings (e.g., relevant arbitration or court decisions, organizing campaigns, labor agency decisions, etc.)
Due to the budget crisis, we are currently exploring a retirement incentive program for our represented as well as administrative staff members. Reductions in the CSU workforce are being contemplated at the current time.
5. Special happenings related to fiscal issues (e.g., salary reductions, health and dental insurance costs, reductions in force, early retirement programs, program consolidation or elimination, etc.):