{"id":226125,"date":"2026-03-19T00:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/226125\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T00:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:33:42","slug":"csu-bakersfield-union-solidarity-rally-empowers-members-in-fight-against-possible-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/226125\/","title":{"rendered":"CSU Bakersfield Union Solidarity Rally\u00a0Empowers Members in Fight Against Possible Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

CFA Bakersfield, CSU Employees Union (CSUEU), and\u00a0Academic Professionals of California (APC) members\u00a0held a\u00a0solidarity rally<\/a>\u00a0on March 16\u00a0to\u00a0show up for one another and discuss how to save\u00a0faculty and staff\u00a0jobs\u00a0after CSU Bakersfield administrators alerted CFA that layoffs might be possible due to a\u00a0projected\u00a0budget shortfall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Union<\/p>\n

The rally brought people together and sent a message to the\u00a0campus administration and community that we will fight against budget\u00a0cuts in the wake of the\u00a0layoff notice<\/a>\u00a0sent to CFA on March 2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

D Solis, CFA Bakersfield vice president and CSU Bakersfield lecturer,\u00a0said\u00a0the rally\u00a0showed\u00a0the campus\u00a0that\u00a0union members are united\u00a0and share a common goal to give community members the most quality education we can.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand together as different unions, as different members of this campus,\u201d Solis said. \u201cWe are the life, the heartbeat of this campus.\u00a0We are here to serve our students.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all connected and when we do take action together, something happens positively.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013 Patrick Emmett, CFA Bakerfield Lecturer rep<\/p>\n

Budget cuts and austerity messaging makes CSU Bakersfield union members\u2019 jobs increasingly difficult, however.\u00a0Solis\u00a0doesn\u2019t have work at the moment\u00a0and prospects of returning\u00a0look grim.\u00a0And despite CSU Bakersfield administrators citing a budget shortfall,\u00a0CFA members know\u00a0first-time\u00a0freshmen\u00a0and transfer enrollment at Bakersfield is up 25% over the last two\u00a0years,\u00a0and the proposed state budget\u00a0includes increasing ongoing CSU funding by $365.7 million.\u00a0Furthermore, budgeted spending\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0Business & Administrative Services\u00a0division\u00a0went up by 74.5% in the four fiscal years between 2021\u20132022 and 2024\u20132025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/p>\n

So, Solis showed up\u00a0in\u00a0his\u00a0red\u00a0CFA\u00a0shirt,\u00a0sending a message to\u00a0administrators\u00a0that if\u00a0you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shanell Tyus,\u00a0CFA Bakersfield member and CSU Bakersfield lecturer, shared a similar sentiment.\u00a0To see the solidarity and show of support between the unions was really powerful, she said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we come together, we are showing that\u00a0you can\u2019t isolate groups,\u201d\u00a0Tyus\u00a0said.\u00a0\u201cYou\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0perpetuate elitism in higher\u00a0ed\u00a0institutions\u00a0and that the ultimate solidarity\u00a0means\u00a0that\u00a0we are opposed to oppression\u00a0against one group\u00a0in favor of another. If you harm one of us,\u00a0you harm all of us.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

CSU management\u00a0notified CFA\u00a0on March 2 that it may need to layoff faculty at CSU Bakersfield because the campus administration alleges a projected budget shortfall for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. CFA Bakersfield\u00a0alerted\u00a0members and held an emergency meeting shortly after.\u00a0Patrick Emmett, CFA Bakersfield member and CSU Bakersfield lecturer, felt a lot of trepidation\u00a0about the\u00a0notice,\u00a0especially after\u00a0the campus administration eliminated over 10%\u00a0of faculty jobs last year. But he\u00a0felt\u00a0encouraged\u00a0after going to the\u00a0solidarity\u00a0rally.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad that I showed up here today because I think that\u2019s a part of it,\u201d\u00a0Emmett\u00a0said. \u201cWe\u2019re all connected and when we do take action together, something happens positively.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CFA Bakersfield, CSU Employees Union (CSUEU), and\u00a0Academic Professionals of California (APC) members\u00a0held a\u00a0solidarity rally\u00a0on March 16\u00a0to\u00a0show up for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,22092,4110,27910],"class_list":["post-226125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-chancellor","tag-funding","tag-union-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}