CFA-SB Lecturer Rep Elections

Lecturer faculty in the CSU work under complex conditions. We need union representation that understands those complexities. 

The California Faculty Association--the union that represents all Unit 3 faculty employees--provides specialized representation to lecturer faculty in the form of a lecturer rep that is elected by their local chapter's membership. 

That is, unless you are a CSUSB lecturer. 

CSUSB's local CFA chapter has never run a lecturer rep election. Never. 

CSUSB lecturers are at the mercy of their exclusively tenure track faculty leadership in selecting the chapter's lecturer rep. We have no say, no agency, and no choice. 

Besides the obvious ethical issues with a practice that goes against the shared governance values of higher education, CFA-SB's refusal to hold lecturer rep elections is in violation of CFA state bylaws. 

It appears that the only time we truly matter to our campus CFA leadership is when they need us to authorize a strike or honor a strike action. 

Join us in demanding our chapter comply with state level bylaws and the basic tenets of a democratic organization. Remember the names of the tenure track faculty who do not support this action, and work to campaign for their replacements in future elections. 

Together, we can force CFA-SB to get with the times and quit treating their lecturers like subordinates unworthy of the same professional conditions that they work so hard to protect for their tenure track faculty.  

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