WHEREAS

The Faculty Senate of Sacramento State endorses the resolution approved by the Academic Senate of the California State University “Importance of Settling the Contract Between the CSU and CFA"; and
 

WHEREAS

the faculty of CSU Sacramento has primary responsibility for the academic policy, curriculum and academic standards of the campus; and the Faculty Senate has a responsibility to advocate policies which will improve the educational quality of campus programs; and
 

WHEREAS

the quality of academic programs and long-term health of the institution depends on the recruitment of highly qualified teacher/scholars to CSU campuses, their retention and continuing professional support, and this recruitment and retention requires remunerating them commensurate with their training, professional status and national norms, and treating them with the respect due co-governors of the institution; and
 

WHEREAS

since July, 2002, faculty have been granted only a 3.5% General Salary Increase while the California Consumer Price Index has risen 15.8%, as the Chancellors Office has effectively subjected the faculty carrying the heaviest teaching loads in the country to a pay cut which reduces their salaries 18% below those of comparable campuses nationally (as determined by CPEC, the California Post Secondary Education Commission); and

WHEREAS

California Faculty Association (CFA), the legal collective bargaining representative for CSU faculty, has negotiated in good faith with the CSU Chancellors Office for 20 months, while the Chancellors Office has refused to consider proposals to raise faculty salaries to parity with the rising cost-of-living, provide for Service Salary Increases and remedy salary inversion for junior faculty; and
 

WHEREAS

CFA and Chancellors Office have now reached the final statutory stage of bargaining known as fact-finding, without progress in the previous stage of mediation; and
 

WHEREAS

CFA must prepare for the possibility that after the fact-finder’s report Chancellor Reed may take the extreme step of attempting to impose terms and conditions of employment, which would violate the spirit of shared governance and produce turmoil and demoralization on the twenty-three campuses of the CSU; therefore, be it
 

RESOLVED

that the Faculty Senate of Sacramento State affirms its support for the CFA’s bargaining objectives;

urges Chancellor Reed to return to the bargaining table and adequately address matters of faculty compensation, workload and professional growth and development, and

calls on faculty to help insure the conditions of a healthy, vibrant university and realize the University’s commitment to principles of shared governance; and be it further

RESOLVED

that this resolution be distributed to the Sacramento State President, Provost and other administrators, all CSU Academic Senates, the CSUS chapter and other chapters of the CFA, the CSU Chancellor and Trustees, and local media.