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CFA Teach-in looming
if talks fail
By Greg Smith
On-line Forty-Niner
While collective
bargaining continues, the California Faculty Association is
planing a statewide teach-in with the state of higher education
in mind on Oct. 17. The event will focus on strengthening
the California State University system as an educational institution.
"We are talking about this being an educational event
about the direction of the future of education at CSU,"
said Cal State Long Beach CFA Chapter President Martin Fiebert.
Although a representative of the CSU sent a cease and desist
order to the CFA regarding the teach-in, Fiebert said he sees
no danger of penalties for continuing with the event.
In a Sept. 24 conference call with student reporters from
all 23 CSU campuses, Chancellor Charles Reed said the CSU
would not try and stop the teach-in.
"That's one of the things about universities," Reed
said. "People can talk about whatever they want to and
they are free to comment."
The teach-in will take place at CSULB from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
and will be comprised of three segments, Fiebert said. The
first segment will be a panel discussion with faculty members,
followed by a session with invited speakers, including local
legislators who support the CFA. The event will culminate
with an open microphone session for all faculty and students.
Fiebert emphasized that speakers will discuss many problems
facing the CSUs, including large class sizes and a lack of
full-time faculty.
"It's really like the grand picture of where education
is going," Fiebert said.
Contract negotiations have entered the mediation stage and
will continue for six more weeks. If a common ground is not
met, Fiebert said, than talks will enter a fact-finding stage.
The contract expired in June but CSU and the CFA agreed to
extend it through the mediation and fact-finding process,
Reed said.
Only two of the bargaining units, the CFA and the California
State Employees Association have not yet agreed to the terms,
Reed said.
Fiebert stressed that CFA's biggest concern is workload. He
also said that faculty member's salary is a difficult issue
because of the state budget crisis.
"We are hopeful that [the bargaining units] can find
some common ground and [draft] a contract we can live with,"
Fiebert said.
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