May 1, 2020 Dear Faculty Colleagues, First and foremost, Happy May Day! Thank you all for your hard work and perseverance in these most difficult times. I’m writing to offer you an update on activities CFA-LA continues to pursue to protect the health, well-being, and working conditions of faculty, students, and staff. The CFA-LA EBoard …
Continue reading May Day 2020 International Solidarity with Workers! CFA-LA
January 22, 2020 Dear Faculty Colleagues: Welcome back to campus! I truly hope you had a restful and restorative winter break. As we enter the new academic term, it’s imperative that we continue to build a campus community predicated on high quality education, racial, gender, and economic justice, and labor …
Forensic accounting report by Dr. Howard Bunsis, Professor of Accounting, Eastern Michigan University CFA-LA contracted Dr. Howard Bunsis to complete a forensic accounting of Cal State LA finances and he presented his report on September 12, 2019. You may request a copy of the full report from CFA or go to bit.ly/BunsisReport2019. Here are some …
Continue reading Summary Analysis of the Financial Situation of Cal State LA
On Thursday, September 12, 2019, Professor Howard Bunsis, accounting professor at Eastern Michigan University, presented the Bunsis Report 2019 about Cal State Los Angeles's finances. CFA-LA initially planned to invite Bunsis to campus in Spring 2019 soon after Cal State LA administrators floated the idea of declaring "impaction" (exclusion). However, due to scheduling issues, we decided to …
Continue reading A Forensic Accounting of Cal State LA’s Finances
Public higher education is facing an existential crisis caused by neoliberal ideology and its voracious corporatizing logic. Neoliberalism is best understood as a set of socioeconomic and market-driven policies that propagate austerity by cutting government spending on public expenditures. This ultimately leads to the privatization and corporatization of public goods and services, such as health …
CFA-LA FORGE JUSTICE 