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Volume 159 No. 11 SERVING SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1934
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Union decries president raises By Bojana Cvijic EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Flyers and human-sized banners about California State University (CSU) presidents and their recent salary raises could be seen Tuesday afternoon in front of Clark Hall, where San Jose State California Faculty Association members were seeking support for their grievances. The California Faculty Association is a labor union representing 29,000 CSU tenure-track faculty, coaches, counselors, librarians and lecturers, according to SJSU’s
California Faculty Association chapter website. CSU presidents received raises up to 30% in their salaries in July shortly after the CSU Board of Trustees approved the raises, according to a July 13 EdSource article. The union strongly criticized the increase in wages for the highest-paid executives in the CSU system, according to the EdSource article. “[The July 14] action by CSU Trustees to increase wages for the system’s highest paid executives and campus presidents is shameful,” California Faculty Association
President Charles Toombs said. “Despite messaging around equity, parity, and fairness, Trustees did the opposite. They continue systemic inequality while doing little to restore trust in a university system unable or unwilling to protect students, faculty, and staff from sexual harassment,” he stated in a July 14 LAist article. The board of trustees voted for the increase after a study was released that showed CSU presidents were underpaid compared to presidents of other universities in the U.S., SALARY | Page 2
IN BRIEF CSU presidents received raises up to 30% in their annual salaries in July shortly after the CSU Board of Trustees approved the raises. San Jose State chapter members of the California Faculty Association say the CSU executive raises were unfair compared to the 4% and 3% retroactive raises given to CSU faculty.
By how much did CSU president salaries increase? LEGEND
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INFOGRAPHIC BY BRYANNA BARTLETT; SOURCE: 2021 CSU EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SUMMARY; JULY 14 ARTICLE BY THE LAIST