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Staff mebers in units represented by the California State University Employee’s Association (CSUEU) are due a congratulatory slap on the back. After enduring six months of disagreement on petty points of a measly salary increase, the CSUEU and CSU system have finally come to an agreement. I am happy to report that the CSUEU’s firm stance has paid off, and the CSU finally agreed to apply salary increases fairly across the board.

For more information, you can read the following articles:

Tentative Agreement Reached on FY 2007 Compensation

Retro Checks Expected Before Holidays

I seems that lately everyone and their pet goat have been striking. Employees are being treated badly, and talks between employers and unions have gone to crap.

For the past few weeks, recyclables in my neighborhood were not picked up because of the Waste Management strike. In the next few weeks, if things don’t get sorted out, our televisions will be inundated with even more shit reality television because of the WGA strike.

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On September 17, 2007, California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi sent a letter to Chancellor Charles Reed (also an asshole, like the Board of Trustees) stating his adamant opposition to the excessive executive salary increases.

In addition, another letter was sent to Chancellor Reed regarding the simultaneous scheduling of the UC Board of Regents meeting and the CSU Board of Trustees meeting. Does’t this simultaneous scheduling reak of something shady going on?

I can only hope that this dissention from above will lead to some sort of shake-up. I’m not sure exactly who is allowed to fire the Chancellor, but I hope that someone can find a way. This guy has lead the CSU system on a downhill slide for the past ten years, and he absolutely needs to go.

Read the text of both letters from Garamendi to Chuck Reed here.

Not surprisingly, the California State University Board of Trustees (or should I say Board of Assholes) unanimously approved a 12% salary increase for University Presidents and executive staff, and a 46% total increase over the next three years. In the meantime, the union is fighting tooth and nail for a drop in the bucket increase for peeon staff members like myself that will most likely amount to less than 4%.

I just can’t figure out where they think this is right. Most of the Board of Assholes have absolutely no experience on the ground in the CSU system, and obviously have no idea the amount of work that normal staff members put into the operation of the CSU system. Those few who have experience in the CSU system must be either trying to help out their already rich friends George W. Bush style, or are just kissing up to their bosses. I can only assume that those few who come from within the CSU system are padding their own wallets too with this increase.

The worst part is that, once again, the students get fucked and the executive staff get their pockets stuffed full of cash. Student fees will increase 10% in the next year, largely in order fund these insane pay raises. As much as I do have a personal stake in this, the people that really matter, and the reason the CSU system is truly here for (that’s the students), are really the ones who should be outraged.