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CFA\u00a0demands\u00a0CSU Bakersfield to avoid layoffs and will meet and confer with management over\u00a0management\u2019s proposed\u00a0layoffs,\u00a0as required by our collective bargaining agreement.\u00a0This proposed set of faculty layoffs\u00a0would be the second time in\u00a0three years for the faculty at that campus.\u00a0 The layoff notice comes after CSU Bakersfield management eliminated over 10% of faculty jobs last year.\u00a0Tracey Salisbury,\u00a0CFA\u00a0AVP\u00a0of Chapter Presidents,\u00a0South,\u00a0and CSU\u00a0Bakersfield\u00a0professor, said the possibility of\u00a0additional\u00a0layoffs is\u00a0highly concerning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere has to be some other solution to budget cuts that don\u2019t limit faculty\u2019s ability to serve the students,\u201d Salisbury said. \u201cThe losses from last year\u2019s layoffs are showing both in classroom instruction and what we do outside of the classroom for students. Our faculty have already sacrificed enough.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n According to the CSU\u2019s audited financial statements, instruction represented just 31% of total operating expenses at CSU Bakersfield in 2024-25, so\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0already been cut to the bone.\u00a0The losses from last year\u2019s non-Article 38 layoffs effectively cut 8% of all CSU jobs in the region.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The CSU Bakersfield layoff notice\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0unique. It is part of a larger trend in the CSU system where management threatens or implements\u00a0harmful\u00a0program cuts,\u00a0unnecessary mergers,\u00a0layoffs,\u00a0and buyouts.\u00a0Other CSU campuses<\/a>\u00a0that have recently been affected include Sonoma, Dominguez Hills, San Francisco, San Jose, Stanislaus, and East Bay.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Margarita Berta-\u00c1vila, CFA\u00a0president\u00a0and Sacramento State\u00a0professor, decried how the layoff notice comes after significant raises for CSU\u00a0campus presidents<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0vice chancellors<\/a>\u00a0in November and January.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt is hypocritical for the CSU to issue a layoff notice for faculty at Bakersfield while the CSU Board of Trustees keeps approving raises for executives,\u201d Berta-\u00c1vila said. \u201cThe CSU needs to fund the classroom, not the boardroom.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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We\u00a0find\u00a0management\u2019s proposed\u00a0layoffs\u00a0unnecessary when first-time\u00a0freshmen\u00a0and transfer enrollment at Bakersfield is up 25% over the last two years.\u00a0Additionally, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed increasing ongoing CSU funding by $365.7 million in next year\u2019s budget and CSU\u00a0tuition is still increasing by 6% a year<\/a>.\u00a0
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On March 2, CSU\u00a0management\u00a0notified CFA\u00a0that it may need to lay off faculty at CSU Bakerfield. CSU Bakersfield\u00a0management alleges\u00a0a\u00a0projected\u00a0budget shortfall for the 2026-2027 fiscal year and believes it may need to lay off employees, including faculty members.\u00a0<\/p>\n