There was an abrupt ending to the second day of the CSU Board of Trustees meeting, Wednesday, November 16.
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The CSUEU Board of Directors has approved a resolution supporting CFA in its actions planned for November 17. We must remember that the CSUEU/CSU contract limits what CSUEU members can do, both individually and collectively, in support of CFA.
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Voters in Ohio trounced a centerpiece of the conservative legislative agenda on Tuesday, striking down a law that restricted public workers’ rights to bargain collectively. As explained in this November 8 New York Times article, the landslide vote to repeal the bill was a slap to Gov. John Kasich, who had championed the law as a tool for cities to cut costs.
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On October 27, 2011, Governor Brown proposed a 12-point plan to “reform” all public employee pension systems in California. This CSUEU FAQ explains the proposal and its impacts in detail.
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The wave of anger at banks that has swept the country with the recent Occupy movement came to California college campuses on Nov. 9. As explained in this November 5 Sacramento Bee article, a group called Refund California, which lobbies for taxes to cover higher education and vital social services, organized protests at more than a dozen college campuses.
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A comprehensive new study that profiles 280 of America’s most profitable companies finds that 78 of them paid no federal income tax in at least one of the last three years. Thirty companies enjoyed a negative income tax rate over the three year period, despite combined pre-tax profits of $160 billion. These are among the findings in “Corporate Taxpayers and Corporate Tax Dodgers, 2008-2010,” released on November 3 by Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
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Latest contract bargaining news, Mike Geck's first-person account on handling security for Occupy San Diego, CSEA Foundation nears this year's fundraising goal, and more!
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October 25, 2011
Three days of contract bargaining between CSUEU and the CSU concluded last week at Long Beach State (October 18-19) and Dominguez Hills (October 20). A primary focus was CSUEU’s fight against CSU’s proposal to give campuses unlimited authority to raise parking fees
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As detailed in this October 22 Sacramento Bee article, state prison employees across the state are receiving layoff warning notices as part of a realignment of prisoner care to the local level.
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A recently released study by the nonpartisan watchdog Project On Government Oversight says the federal government signs off on service contract billing rates that, on average, pay contractors nearly two times more than the government pays federal employees in total compensation. Read further details in this October 20 Sacramento Bee article.
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