Collective Bargaining Landscape for Contingent Faculty: the CSU Perspective April 3, 2012 Margaret Merryfield Senior Director, Academic Human Resources, The California State University

The California State University Twenty-three campuses More than 420,000 students Most campuses offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees (limited doctoral programs) Campuses are diverse in terms of size and mission 21,910 instructional faculty (more than half contingent)

Collective Bargaining in the CSU Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA) Establishes role for unions as well as academic senates Since1978 California Faculty Association certified as representing the faculty in 1982 Represents temporary and tenure-track instructional faculty plus coaches, librarians and psychological counselors

Contingent Faculty Appointments in the CSU: Gains through Bargaining Salary scale mirrors tenure-track scale Full health benefits at 40% of full time Expectation of similar appointment if rehired years 1-6 Three-year appointments after six years Provisions to offer new work to continuing lecturers ahead of new hires

Issues at the Table Perennial issue: how much employment security? Emerging issue: standards for attaining greater employment security Emerging issue: Rights of contingent faculty outside of traditional academic year instruction

Learn More Collective bargaining agreement: http://www.calstate.edu/LaborRel/Contracts_HTML/CFA_CONTRACT/CFAtoc.shtml Labor Relations updates http://www.calstate.edu/LaborRel/Contracts_HTML/bargaining_updates.shtml Contact Margaret Merryfield: mmerryfield@calstate.edu