Gov. Brown's May Revision avoids direct cuts to the CSU, CSUEU statewide elections are underway, Sen. Leiu calls for Chancellor Reed to resign, and more!   

May 14: In his state budget May Revise presentation this morning, Gov. Jerry Brown called for a variety of solutions to help erase a budget deficit that has grown to $15.7 billion. His administration needs to bridge that gap in the state’s $91.4 billion 2012-13 general fund spending plan. Cuts include an increase in this fall’s trigger cut to the CSU budget from $200 to $250 million.   

May 9: At the CSU Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach yesterday and today, the trustees reviewed ways to reduce costs and boost revenues in the face of a possible $200 million trigger cut this fall. They also considered raising tuition, despite already having hiked tuition steeply over the last few years.   

May 9: The latest edition of University Employee is now available as a PDF download. It features thought-provoking, member-written articles on the upcoming primary and general elections, CSUEU elections, the recently ratified contract, committee and bargaining unit activities, and much more.   

Chapters gather 2700+ signatures to qualify governor's measure for the November ballot, CSUEU reviews accounting and budget job classifications, students begin hunger strike at six campuses, and more...   

This insightful May 2 Sacramento Bee editorial lambasting the CSU's policy on executive compensation echoes the same sentiments that CSU unions, including CSUEU, have been expressing for a long time. As CSUEU President Pat Gantt explains, "This editorial rings true to what staff, faculty and students see and hear every day on the campuses. If CSU trustees were to take this editorial's advice, they might find new campus presidents who have better leadership qualities and who could unify the campus community in meeting the challenges we all face. If they ignore the advice, the result will be more of the same CEO types who tend to become isolated and who are connected only to the fundraising world rather than to the working class folks who attend and work on the CSU campuses."   

May 1 -- This is an important election year for CSUEU members, in part because proposed initiatives for the general election this fall will have special impact on the CSU budget and on unions. Today CSUEU launches www.csueu.org/elections, filled with information about both the primary and general elections, where you can track the progress of important proposed initiatives and learn more about all the candidates as well.   

Signature gathering for Gov. Brown's tax initiative enters its final phase, CSU Monterey Bay chapter President Cyndi Olvera provides her first-person account about partcipating in Lobby Day for the first time, and more!   

April 16: CSU administrators are trying to sneak a cut in grad student assistance past grad students.   

Board of Directors endorses plan to gather signatures for Gov. Brown's revised tax initiative, chapter elections wrap up, Labor Federation unveils "Invest in California" plan, and more!