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

San Jose Mercury News, 4/3/2008. California State University campuses could be forced to reject 10,000 qualified students, offer fewer courses, put off maintenance and lay off lecturers if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts for the system become reality, activists said Wednesday.

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.