Tag Archives: furloughs

U of A faculty accepts six unpaid days

Edmonton Journal: U of A faculty accepts six unpaid days

EDMONTON – University of Alberta faculty have agreed to take six unpaid days of vacation next year in exchange for the chance to review and critique previously confidential financial planning documents.

“It’s not a matter of having any sort of veto power,” said Walter Dixon, president of the academic staff association. “If we think it’s the wrong decision, we can actually say so before that decision is made so that there may be some sober second thought.”

Oregon U staff rally against pay freezes, furloughs

Oregon Daily Emerald: Staff rally against pay freezes, furloughs

Members and supporters of the union that represents classified employees at the University held an on-campus rally Thursday outside of Knight Library, protesting the contract proposed by the Oregon University System for the coming year.

Cal State Faculty Accepts Furloughs

The New York Times: Union Accepts Furloughs at California Universities

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A union that represents 22,000 faculty members at California State University has agreed to two furlough days a month to help close a huge budget deficit at the 23-campus system, officials said Friday.
Inside Higher Ed: Cal State Faculty Accepts Furloughs

Faced with no good options, a union representing California State University faculty members decided to accept a furlough plan that will reduce compensation by about 10 percent, union leaders announced Friday. The California Faculty Association also questioned Chancellor Charles B. Reed’s leadership, voting “no confidence” in him by a margin of 80 percent. The union represents tenure-track faculty as well as lecturers, who would be most likely to lose jobs if furloughs hadn’t been approved. While the vote indicates some tenured and tenure track faculty essentially voted to preserve other people’s jobs, the measure passed by a significant but not overwhelming margin of 54 percent. The union had criticized Reed for not guaranteeing the furloughs would save jobs, although Reed told Inside Higher Ed he estimated 6,000 positions would be saved if the 23,000 union-represented faculty and other employees took furloughs. The association is affiliated with the National Education Association and the American Association of University Professors, as well as Service Employees International Union.

Cal State Faculty Approves Furlough but Votes No Confidence in Chancellor

The Chronicle News Blog: Cal State Faculty Approves Furlough but Votes No Confidence in Chancellor

The main faculty union at California State University today narrowly approved an unpaid furlough of two days per month, avoiding a new round of layoffs of thousands of part-time faculty members and cementing the system’s plan to close a $584-million budget deficit.

Cal State chancellor says layoffs likely even with furloughs

KPCC: Cal State chancellor says layoffs likely even with furloughs

California State University’s chancellor said today he anticipates layoffs next year even if its largest union agrees to furloughs. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has more.

Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: During a teleconference, Cal State chancellor Charles Reed said his plan for two furlough days a month would apply to almost all employees and would erase nearly half of Cal State’s $584 million deficit.

Charles Reed: Furloughs save jobs. Furloughs keep people’s health insurance and retirement benefits in place.

Chancellor says CSU community will have to share the budget burden

The Tribune News: Chancellor says CSU community will have to share the budget burden

Those employed and studying at Cal Poly and the California State University system’s 22 other campuses will have to share the pain of budget shortfalls, chancellor Charles Reed said Thursday.

UC panel approves 11 to 26 furlough days for employees

Los Angeles Times: UC panel approves 11 to 26 furlough days for employees

The furloughs would affect as many as 140,000 faculty and staff at the 10 university campuses, with higher-paid employees taking larger pay cuts. Unions would have to approve the plan, officials say.

Reporting from San Francisco — A University of California Regents panel approved an emergency plan Wednesday for most faculty and staff to take 11 to 26 unpaid furlough days next school year to offset deep cuts in state funding.

UC chief lays out ‘draconian’ budget cut plan

San Francisco Chronicle: UC chief lays out ‘draconian’ budget cut plan

Facing a loss of $813 million from the state, University of California President Mark Yudof is proposing widespread cuts for UC, including imposing unpaid days off on employees, eliminating jobs and killing out courses.

Unionized workers rally outside UC president’s Oakland home to protest proposed cuts

Mercury News: Unionized workers rally outside UC president’s Oakland home to protest proposed cuts

OAKLAND — Unionized employees of the University of California rallied outside the North Oakland home of UC President Mark Yudof on Sunday morning to deliver what they called a “wake-up call” about his proposed cuts to the university system’s budget.

Hawaii court blocks state furlough plan

Honolulu Advertiser: Hawaii court blocks state furlough plan
Judge says governor’s order is subject to collective bargaining

Throwing Gov. Linda Lingle’s plans to close the state’s budget deficit into doubt, a Circuit Court judge ruled yesterday that the governor does not have the authority to unilaterally order furloughs for state workers.

Furloughs expected at California State University system

Sacramento Bee: Furloughs expected at California State University system

The furlough has become an unfortunate reality for many Sacramento area residents. More than 200,000 state workers are now facing a third monthly furlough day. About 18,000 UC Davis employees will probably have to take furloughs starting in August.

U. of California Weighs Options for Pay Cuts and Furloughs

Inside Higher Ed: U. of California Weighs Options for Pay Cuts and Furloughs

Faculty and staff at the University of California could face a salary cut of 8 percent, 21 days of unpaid furloughs, or a combination of pay cuts and furloughs in 2010, under a proposal made by the president of the university system Wednesday. In a letter and memorandum sent to all employees of the 10-campus system and obtained by Inside Higher Ed, President Mark G. Yudof said that the “unprecedented challenges” facing the university — a deficit of nearly $800 million in the current and next fiscal years — would require $195 million in pay reductions, on top of $211 million generated through tuition increases and about $400 million that would fall to individual campuses to save through program and other reductions. The systemwide cut would be accomplished, Yudof wrote, either through an 8 percent salary decrease from August 2009 through July 2010 (4 percent for those earning under $46,000), 21 days of unpaid holidays and scheduled furloughs (slightly fewer for those who work only during the academic year and for those earning under $46,000), or 12 unpaid days and a 3.4 percent salary decrease. Yudof said university leaders would decide on one option to present to UC’s Board of Regents in July.

Cuts at U. of California at Riverside Reflect Harsh Realities for All of the System’s Campuses

The Chronicle News Blog: Cuts at U. of California at Riverside Reflect Harsh Realities for All of the System’s Campuses

San Francisco — In a memorandum that offers a look into the harsh decisions that leaders throughout the University of California system are making as they cope with further cuts in state support, the chancellor of the University of California at Riverside has announced that his campus will cut faculty and staff positions by 15 percent over the next couple of years and enroll fewer students in the fall of 2010.