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The votes have been tallied and 97 percent of the voting California Faculty Association membership have approved the tentative agreement that the CFA and California State University reached one month ago.

The online vote was open from April 22-29.

CFA members were invited to vote on whether they would accept the agreement reached between the CFA and CSU where faculty salaries would increase by 10.5 percent over the next three years.

With 63 percent of all CFA members voting for the tentative agreement, the vote will now move forward and go before the Board of Trustees on May 24-25 meeting, according to an email from CFA President Jennifer Eagan.

“Salary adjustments are expected to be included in paychecks starting in September or October,” read Eagan’s email.

If approved, the contract provisions will provide a 10.5 percent general salary increase for all faculty unit employees over the next three years, stated a press release from the CSU Office of the Chancellor.

The provision will include a 2.65 percent service salary increase for any eligible faculty during the 2017-18 fiscal year.

Additionally, it would double the vesting period to 10 years for health benefits for retired employees that are hired after July 1, 2017.

The minimum increase would also increase on any promotion for assistant and associate professors from 7.5 to 9 percent and will extend the bargaining agreement through June 30, 2018, said the CSU press release.

Now that the CFA approved the tentative agreement it’s up to the CSU Board of Trustees to approve the agreement and to put this year-long matter to rest.
The CFA provided a salary calculator so faculty can calculate their salary with the adjustment from the approved tentative agreement. Visit www.calfac.org/salary-estimator to find expected salaries.