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When womxn rise together, we organize, we support, we advocate for ourselves and each other, unapologetically. We acknowledge all the work our bold womxn leaders do and how they uplift collective power for a stronger union. #WomxnsHistoryMonth

CFA Condemns US Strikes on Iran - California Faculty Association On the morning of February 28, President Trump commenced a massive military operation against Iran without any clear

CFA Condemns US Strikes on Iran www.calfac.org/cfa-condemns...

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2026 Equity Conference One Week Away! Features Four Not to Miss Sessions - California Faculty Association CFA’s 2026 three-day virtual Equity Conference begins next Thursday, March 12! If you have not yet registered for

2026 Equity Conference One Week Away! Features Four Not to Miss Sessions https://www.calfac.org/2026-equity-conference-one-week-away-features-four-not-to-miss-sessions/

Three diverse womxn raising fists in solidarity outdoors under a banner reading 'Womxn's History Month: Where Womxn Lead Change Follows'.

From the frontlines, they lead:
✊🏾Organizing.
🙏🏽Mobilizing.
🙌🏼Uplifting.
🤝Building power.
Change doesn’t just happen. Womxn make it happen. #WomxnsHistoryMonth

One Librarian’s Fight for Safe Lactation Spaces and Parenting Faculty

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Last month Assemblymember Mike Fong introduced Assembly Bill 2523, which would require the CSU & California Community Colleges to post contact information online for members of the respective governing bodies.

https://ow.ly/Y9vk50YpWXE

Trans Rights are Labor Rights: A Communications Guide for Labor Unions Last updated February 9, 2026 Unions are built on the principle that we are stronger together, and that strength depends on ensuring every worker is respected, included, and valued. This includes our transgender, non-binary, and intersex members, who are an integral part of our workplaces, our ...

“Unions are built on the principle that we are stronger together, and that strength depends on ensuring every worker is respected. This includes our transgender, non-binary, and intersex members, who are an integral part of our movement.” - Pride at Work

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Virtual CFA Equity Conference 2026 flyer showing event title, dates, QR code for registration, and three featured keynote speakers.

Join the CFA Equity Conference featuring Ash-Lee Woodard-Henderson, Elie Mystal, Dr. Ruha Benjamin's keynote, workshops, panels & more! Register by March 9: https://bit.ly/EquityConference2026

Happy Holi to our community celebrating the festival of colors today! ❤️💛💜💚💙🧡

Between January and November 2025, immigration agents detained 261 DACA recipients and deported 86.
We need permanent solutions for immigrant youth and DACA Recipients.
Text HOME IS HERE to 787-57 to access the immigrant youth tracker.
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How the far-right is targeting educators and marginalized communities Empowered by the Trump administration, the far-right has created a deadly environment for educators and marginalized communities

“Anti-fascist educators are just one segment of an ever-growing list of people facing unprecedented levels of surveillance and threats by the Trump administration and the right-wing groups the president has empowered.” - Prism

https://ow.ly/52fo50YmzOf

Opinion | Higher Education’s Compensation Charade We’ve come to accept illogical, unjust, and occasionally insulting pay practices. Why?

“One absurdity is that higher education treats routine pay increases that are common in many other industries as a once-in-a-blue-moon cause for celebration.” - Chronicle of Higher Education

https://ow.ly/OZ8a50YmzHV

📣Reminder: Bargaining Town Hall tonight at 6 p.m. Join us for updates from last Friday's CFA Bargaining Team meeting. Open to all CFA members. Not a member? Join today! Register: bit.ly/CFABargTownhall26

Colorful profile of womxn composed of multiple women figures symbolizing unity and diversity for Womxn's History Month.

When we center the voices of womxn across races and backgrounds, we build a stronger, more united labor movement — one where every worker is valued, protected, and respected.

This month and every month, we lift up and celebrate womxn. #WomxnsHistoryMonth

Why More Public Pensions Are Taking a Chance on Alternative Investments In March 2024, the board of the United States’ largest public pension fund endorsed a strategy to ramp up its investments in private markets by over $30 billion. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, which now manages more than $500 billion in retirement funds, said it planned to shift…

Why More Public Pensions Are Taking a Chance on Alternative Investments | Stanford Graduate School of Business https://stanford.io/46WPRx3

Podcast promotional image featuring Lisa Kawamura, CFA Associate Vice President, for Union Hour with Dave Congalton on KVEC-AM, airing March 2, 2026 at 4 PM.

Monday at 4pm: Tune in on www.920kvec.com/podcast/dave-congalton/ where CFA AVP Lisa Kawamura will be talking about the CSU executive compensation and how you can be involved in the labor movement. #UnionPower #UnionHour #LiberateTheCSU

Restoring the Vision and Purpose of the CFA Black Caucus - California Faculty Association “I am somebody,” said Tracey Salisbury, CFA Black Caucus tri-chair and CSU Bakersfield professor, as she echoed civil rights activist Jesse Jackson. “I

The Black Caucus is renewing its goal to unify Black faculty members and leaders, and to promote and defend the values of the union. To learn more about CFA’s Black Caucus or to get involved, please visit the caucus website here.

www.calfac.org/black-caucus/ www.calfac.org/restoring-th...

Activists gathered outdoors holding placards demanding to stop Trump and Musk, with CFA branding.

Cal Poly Pomona ended its relationship with a nonprofit called The Links, Inc., after facing pressure from the Trump Administration to end relationships with organizations that specifically support people of color.

Read more: https://ow.ly/z88H50Ynejv

“In a Washington Post investigation, Cal State was among a group of universities found to have quietly signed pacts with the Trump administration to resolve the investigations with the PhD Project.” - EdSource

https://ow.ly/p8wI50YmzBs

Fund the Classroom, Not the Boardroom: Meet Your CSU Execs, Part 1 - California Faculty Association Following our series on members of the CSU Board of Trustees, CFA is profiling current and former CSU executives.    To

To start, California State University campus presidents are officially titled “chief executive officers (CEOs),” according to the CSU administration’s own terminology

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Fund the Classroom, Not the Boardroom: Meet Your CSU Execs, Part 1 - California Faculty Association Following our series on members of the CSU Board of Trustees, CFA is profiling current and former CSU executives.    To

Following our series on members of the CSU Board of Trustees, CFA is profiling current and former CSU executives.

Anger builds among unions and lawmakers over raises to CSU presidents A California lawmaker proposed a bill that would reverse recent pay increases granted to CSU presidents and put a cap on future pay.

“Cannon questioned why the CSU system’s highest paid employees are getting pay increases while CSU staff are struggling to afford housing and healthcare. 'It just seems like an injustice with regard to California taxpayer money,' he said." - The Sacramento Bee

https://ow.ly/wp2X50Ymznq

Hand holding megaphone with lightning bolts announcing a virtual Bargaining Town Hall update on March 2, 2026, from 6 to 7:30 PM with QR code for registration.

📣Upcoming Bargaining Town Hall: Monday, March 2nd, at 6 p.m

Our Bargaining Team will be meeting with CSU management Friday, February 27th. Register and get updates on how the latest bargaining sessions went and what is next.

See you there!
www.cfabargaining.org for #CFAinBargaining proposals.

Money is Tight and Campus Fees are Rising at Cal State - EdSource

https://edsource.org/?p=751311 

CSU objects to some new community college degrees, igniting debate over who can teach what Community colleges are proposing low-cost bachelor's programs they say are needed to meet job demands in their districts. But CSU is objecting to 16 of them, saying they duplicate what their universities offer.

“In the latest stress point, CSU has objected to 16 community college degree proposals, contending that they run counter to state law provisions designed to protect its own university degree offerings.” - The LA Times

https://ow.ly/yr4M50Yj3Tw

A Conversation with Martha Kenney and Martha Lincoln: When the CSU Embraced AI, They Challenged It Martha Kenney and Martha Lincoln were already critical of AI’s negative effects on higher education when the CSU cut the metaphorical red satin ribbon and entered into its OpenAI contract. Nearly a year later, Kenney and Lincoln are petitioning against renewing the contract, arguing that the agreement reshapes the university’s identity.  “We have made this...

“Kenney and Lincoln, who researched AI and social justice through SF State’s Healthy Equity Institute, spoke to Xpress about how the petition came to be and where they see AI headed in higher education.” - Xpress Magazine

https://ow.ly/a2Oc50Yj3GA

CA lawmakers want to close a loophole they say allowed CSU to withhold raises Assemblymember Liz Ortega’s bill would require CA universities to honor workers’ raises even if the Legislature makes budget changes.

“Assembly members said the California State University system exploited a loophole in state labor law that allowed it to back out of contractually obligated raises last year.” The Sacramento Bee

Here's what we are reading: https://ow.ly/uMkI50Yj3xE

Poster depicting Chancellor García as Marie Antoinette for giving only a one-time 3% bonus to faculty while presidents get permanent raises.

CFA is demanding fair compensation. What is the CSU counter proposal for us?

A ONE-TIME taxable 3% bonus. 🫠

Millie “Antoinette” García is giving to the people who make the CSU run, while handing out raises to campus presidents. Be informed on what’s on the bargaining table.

www.cfabargaining.org

Amid tribulations, Angel Marie Taylor began laying the foundations for Black solidarity across all CSU campuses and beyond.

What began as a simple exploration of campus resources became a national movement centered around Black identity and solidarity.

https://ow.ly/l1Mr50YiBtE

Thousands of union members from Teamsters Local 2010, CFA, CSUEU, APC, UAW Local 4123, as well as community members rallied across the rainy state to picket at all 22 CSU campuses in hopes of helping the Teamsters secure a fair contract.

Read more: https://ow.ly/UgAV50YiBpR