On Wednesday March 21st, the California Faculty Association announced that members had authorized a strike. Faculty at San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, and five other California State University (CSU) campuses could walk out of classrooms as soon as the beginning of April. 80 percent of the 11,000 faculty eligible to vote on a strike did so.

Student fees have increased 94 percent since 2002 while CSU execs have gotten in 23 percent pay hikes. In the past four years, the faculty has only received a 3.5 percent pay raise.

On March 28, the Senate Education Committee will vote on legislation to require action on executive compensation at the CSU and the University of California to take place in public meetings. The UC and CSU have been holding closed committee meetings to act upon top executives' salaries, benefits and perks. SB 190 would clarify that both subcommittees and the full Board of Regents or Trustees must meet openly when taking action on top executives' compensation, requiring actions on compensation proposals involving top officials to occur in public session. blic. Some of these advisory groups develop policies affecting millions of dollars at the state’s higher education systems.

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