SDSU Contract Extension Gives Talks More Time

NBC-San Diego, 3/26/07

Associated Press

10-day contract extension giving San Diego State University faculty and administrators another chance to negotiate a labor agreement went into effect Monday.

Faculty at all of the California State University campuses agreed Sunday to the contract extension that -- for now -- staves off the prospect of rolling strikes at campuses across the state.

Officials on both sides said the extension provides time to hammer out an agreement under guidelines in a new independent report.

The third-party fact finder's report recommended a nearly 25-percent pay raise over four years for CSU's faculty. The report said CSU professors' salaries lag far behind those of their peers at other institutions.

CSU faculty voted last week to authorize a spring labor strike that could start as early as next month.