After months of negotiations, university officials and the faculty union remain far apart on key contract terms. Cal State provided a 5% general raise; the union wants 12% this year.
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Digging out: Newsom outlines plan to cover state budget deficit pegged at $38B
Gov. Gavin Newsom said California’s budget deficit is far smaller than what the Legislature’s analysts projected Wednesday and proposed only $8.5 billion in cuts by delaying spending and taking $13 billion from the state’s main reserves.
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Cal State faculty union vows to strike over the university’s final pay offer
After months of negotiations, university officials offer a 5% pay raise. The union is seeking 12% and plans to strike at the end of January.
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Tuition hike of 34% across five years coming to California State University
The tuition increases were forecast earlier this year, when a Cal State task force concluded the system needs at least $1.5 billion annually in new revenue to afford student services and bolster its academic offerings.
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‘Super disappointed’: Lawmakers want UC to enroll more Californians sooner
Enrollment is down at the University of California and the Cal State, which has frustrated lawmakers who gave both systems more money to increase their number of students.
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UC intends to dock pay of workers who went on strike
The University of California said it would claw back wages paid to workers who went on strike in late 2022. The move affects 48,000 workers.
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College enrollment decline leads to funding changes for underperforming Cal State schools
Cal State leaders revealed a new plan that will take money from campuses missing enrollment targets and give it to schools exceeding their targets.
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UC strike could stretch on despite tentative deal
A tentative deal reached Friday between the University of California and unions representing some 36,000 striking academic workers could be on thin ice as some members of the bargaining team are urging union members to vote against it.
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As UC strike enters second month, grad workers risk arrest pushing for raises
Teams of striking University of California academic workers are willingly getting arrested in acts of civil disobedience. They view the strategy as a way to escalate their work stoppage, now in its fifth week.
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Cal State’s Black students are falling behind other groups — and poor graduation data obscures the crisis
The way the Cal State system presents graduation rates obscures how the system is failing its Black students.
