"The CSU unions were well represented as well as the students from every CSU campus." - Pat Gantt, President, CSUEU

The Alliance for the CSU, an advocacy group for the California State University system, held a rally yesterday to encourage the Humboldt State University community to voice its opposition to the governor's proposed $386 million budget cuts.

About 2,000 students, staff, faculty and local elected officials gathered at Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday afternoon to protest budget cuts proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

For the state public employee unions whose contracts come up this year, the timing couldn't be worse.

Where can I find the classification standards for the new LSS series? Has the LSS series been implemented yet? What was the outcome of the Unit Modification hearing? What is the next step?

Higher fees, reduced access and bigger class sizes are potential outcomes of the proposed budget cuts to higher education, according to administrators, staff and students who gathered yesterday at Cal State San Marcos.

A broad coalition of all CSU stakeholders have formed the Alliance for the CSU. The CSU is so much a part of every California Dream, past and present, we must fight to protect CSU funding. Your participation will help convince the Legislature and the Governor of the added value the CSU has in the California economy and society.  Join the alliance now!

The Sacramento Bee has obtained salary data for state employees and placed it online, searchable by the public. Data returned includes name with middle initial, classification, agency or university campus, and base pay. CSU employees are in this database.

Only four states - Vermont, Michigan, Oregon and Connecticut - now spend more on corrections than they do on higher education, according to a new report from the Pew Center on the States. California will be in their company within a year. What kind of state do you want to live in?  Click here for the AP article printed in the Sacramento Bee.

"Our Governor may be testing the waters on possible solutions to the state budget problem.  He put one foot into the water with closing tax loopholes but quickly pulled it out." - Pat Gantt, President, CSUEU