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The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

From left to right: CFAs Jennifer Eagan, Kevin Wher and Kathy Sheffield.

CFA, CSU announce tentative salary agreement

Cory Kay, News Editor April 10, 2016

After eleven months of negotiation, the California Faculty Association (CFA) and the California State University have reached a tentative agreement regarding faculty salary raises, avoiding a proposed five-day strike. The CFA strike, previously scheduled to occur across all 23 CSU campuses on...

Fact finder sides with faculty in CSU, CFA dispute

Fact finder sides with faculty in CSU, CFA dispute

Jasmine Demers, Managing Editor March 30, 2016

  As the salary dispute between California State University and the California Faculty Association remains stagnant, an independent fact finder sided with the union’s proposal for a 5 percent salary increase. The fact-finding report, which became public on Monday, March 28, marked the...

Letter to the Editor: “We don’t want to strike, but we will”: Why Your Professors Are Ready to Strike

Darel Engen, PhD, Associate Professor, History Department February 23, 2016

The faculty of the CSU, including Cal State San Marcos, plan to go on strike for five days on April 13-­15 and 18-­19 if we not obtain a 5% raise by that time. We don’t want to go on strike, but we will, and here’s why. Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions, and you can’t...

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