SFSU Faculty Union vs Administration - San Francisco State University

SFSU's Faculty Union, the California Faculty Association Local 1983, and Campus Administration often have opposing perspectives. The CFA-SFSU, in association with the Academic Professionals of California and California Faculty Association, have recently fought against systemic racism, pushed for more student and faculty housing, demanded workplace diversity, protested budget cuts to the College of Ethnic Studies and challenged the two-tier faculty labor system that exploits lecturer faculty.

In July of 2020, Gator Express published a story about concerns raised over the mistreatment of Black students and Faculty members' both on-campus and in university housing quarters. SFSU's Faculty Union has also recently addressed racial disparities in leadership within Administration ranks. Tensions have also boiled over housing, or lack thereof. Faculty and Administration have recently clashed over housing policy. Faculty members claim Administration officials used deceptive language in their housing contracts, and weren't notified of rent hikes.

Notable conflicts between CFA-SFSU and SFSU Administration

Labor contract negotiations (2023-2024). See faculty demands.
NO CUTS Campaign against mass layoffs and course cancellations (2023-2024). See letters from elected officials opposing cuts, and see CFA report: Budgeting for Teaching & Learning: Countering Managements Fiscal Crisis Narrative.
Rolling Strike, December 2023. See news stories about the strike.
Labor contract negotiations (2021)
NO CUTS Campaign against selective austerity (2019-2020) targeting low-paid lecturer faculty for cuts while campus executives drew lavish salaries and benefits.
Criticism of anti-Black campus climate (2019-ongoing)
Demands for equity for Lecturer Faculty members (ongoing)
Demands for a participatory budgeting process (2020)
Censorship of Palestinian faculty and students (2020)
Demand to replace biased teaching evaluation tools