Koob noted that the university is in somewhat of the same boat, and has lost about 40 percent of its state funding in the last four years. In response to the protest, Cal Poly Provost Robert Koob issued a statement expressing his appreciation of the situation, but said there’s not much the university can do to affect labor negotiations with the CSU system. “It just shows that they don’t value us as much as they do the top administrators.”Īccording to the CFA, faculty compensation has fallen behind inflation, with average salary for faculty dropping by 10 percent since Charles Reed became CSU Chancellor in 1998.Īdding to the frustration, the Chancellor’s Office spent approximately $6 million over the last few years to negotiate, which could have gone to faculty compensation, according to the CFA. “The Chancellor’s Office says that they have to pay for quality people, but they never extend that to staff,” Thorncroft said. Glen Thorncroft, president of the San Luis Obispo chapter of the CFA, told New Times the Chancellor’s Office has been unwilling to budge in the process. “We love our jobs and they know they can squeeze us pretty hard before we break,” said Tom Gutierrez, assistant professor in Cal Poly’s Physics Department. The protest comes as the California Faculty Association says it’s made major concessions in negotiations, giving up raises between 20 to mitigate decreases in state funding. 8, calling for fair contract negotiations with the CSU Chancellor’s office. NO FACULTY LEFT BEHIND : Cal Poly educators staged a protest in front of the university’s administration building on Nov.
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