CSU trustee panel approves contract
Daily Bulletin 5/16/07
"Today marks the end of two years of contentious collective bargaining," John Travis, president of the California Faculty Association, said Tuesday. "It has been a difficult time, and I am pleased to have a contract completed."
Travis called on the Board of Trustees to reach a settlement with the United Auto Workers, the union that represents CSU teaching assistants.
The California State University system and its faculty union announced a tentative contract agreement April 3, putting on hold a series of planned two-day strikes.
The proposal gave all of the roughly 23,000 faculty members 20.7percent in pay raises over four years; some will receive additional increases.
The average yearly pay for tenure-track faculty would rise from $74,000 to $90,749, according to CSU figures.