As this July 28 San Francisco Chronicle article outlines, the governor has ordered a new round of furloughs for state civil service employees. However, the order doesn't extend to CSU employees, because, unlike many other state agencies, CSU and other public higher education segments generally are not under the direct executive authority of the governor. Read the CSU's July 28 press release with further details.

On July 20 and 21, CSUEU and CSU met at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP) in an effort to mitigate four layoffs which were announced in June.

The CSUEU bargaining team and Office of the Chancellor representatives met on July 14-15 to discuss the layoff notices of eight Office of the Chancellor information technology employees.

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On June 22, CSUEU reached an agreement with CSU and San Jose State University (SJSU) which CSUEU expects will mitigate a number of the 73 SJSU layoffs announced in April.

On July 16, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette denied Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's request to compel State Controller John Chiang to pay state employees minimum wage, as outlined in this Sacramento Bee article. The order doesn't impact CSU employees, because, unlike many other state agencies, the CSU and other public higher education segments generally are not under the direct executive authority of the governor.

On June 24, CSUEU reached an agreement with CSU and California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) which CSUEU expects will mitigate a number of the seven CSUS layoffs announced in May.

On June 29, CSUEU reached an agreement with CSU and CSU East Bay (CSUEB) regarding the mitigation of layoffs. It augments an earlier agreement on voluntary work time reduction programs for both impacted and non-impacted employees.

On June 30, the second day of layoffs bargaining at CSU Bakersfield following a preliminary session on June 3, CSUEU and CSU reached agreement on the terms of layoff.

Yesterday, Gov. Schwarzenegger made public an executive order that could temporarily reduce pay for more than 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. According to the union's and CSU's review, the executive order does not apply to CSU staff or to other CSU employees. Unlike many other state agencies, the CSU and other public higher education segments generally are not under the direct executive authority of the governor. State Controller John Chiang, whose office issues state paychecks, released a statement yesterday saying that he won't follow the order unless a court tells him to. Today, the California Court of Appeal, looking at a similar executive order from 2008, held that Schwarzenegger had the authority to issue such an order. Chiang can -- and likely will -- seek a review of the appellate court decision by the California Supreme Court in the coming days and weeks. Read the CSU's statement on the minimum wage issue.