As this August 30 San Francisco Chronicle article outlines, by week's end the state budget deadlock will be one of the longest in California history, the longest having been in 2008. And, unfortunately, there's no end in sight.

On August 28, The Tribune, based in San Luis Obispo, published a thought-provoking viewpoint piece written by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Chapter 316 President Joan Kennedy in support of state workers. "This is a good piece by a good public servant," says CSUEU President Pat Gantt. "The Governor has tried to turn the public against us and make us scapegoats. We won't let him get away with that, and neither should the people of California." 

This August 30 opinion piece from the AFL-CIO Now Blog captures many of the most important talking points in support of public employees.

This Sacramento Bee story summarizes 10 key milestones over the last three decades that have contributed to today's deep state budget problems. "It's important to know how we got to the budget problem today," says CSUEU President Pat Gantt. "In order to get the budget process back on track, Californians will need to address the issues outlined in this article."

On August 19, 2010, CSUEU and CSU met at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP) in an effort to mitigate four layoffs which were announced on June 8, when CPP notified two Interpreters and two Realtime Captioners that they would be laid off effective September 7, 2010, due to a “lack of work.”

On the afternoon of August 18, the California Supreme Court allowed furloughs to start again Friday, as outlined in this August 19 Sacramento Bee article. The court stopped a lower court's order that briefly kept Gov. Schwarzenegger from resuming the controversial furlough policy. 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 the afternoon of August 18, the State Supreme Court upheld the governor's order for 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.

The CSUEU team, including impacted employees, met with CSU representatives at the California Maritime Academy (CMA) on July 29, 2010, for another round of bargaining regarding the May notice of two layoffs.

The CSUEU bargaining team met today with California State University representatives on the San Jose State University campus as a follow-up to two days of negotiations on May 19 and 20. The three sessions have been held in response to 73 SJSU layoff notices that CSU sent to the union on April 15. The two parties have not yet reached an agreement on all issues.

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.