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Strike authorization up to vote

Online and in-person voting for California Faculty Association strike authorization begins Monday morning through the California State University system.

The strike is part of the “Fight for Five,” in which CFA members are asking for a 5 percent general salary increase. CSU management is offering a 2 percent raise as of now.

CFA members at CSU, Long Beach will be able to vote from noon to 1 p.m. on the steps of the McIntosh building near the main quad. To mark the first of 10 voting days, CFA statewide Associate Vice President-Affirmative Action Cecil Canton, Long Beach CFA President Doug Domingo-Forasté, Long Beach CFA Chapter Affirmative Action Representative Brandon Gamble and Long Beach CFA Chapter Vice President Gary Hytrek will be at the voting for any questions.

“After years of stagnant faculty wages, the faculty on our public university campuses are angry and we are ready for this strike vote,” CFA President Jennifer Eagan said in a media release Friday. “We all know that the Chancellor’s 2 percent is simply not enough to make teaching in the CSU sustainable.”
Voting closes Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. for any questions, CFA members at CSULB can contact Niesha Gates at (916) 281-8785 or Beka Langen at (310) 728-5649.

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