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. . . About 20 million American working people
who have no health care coverage, according
to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The study, Characteristics
of the Uninsured: A View from the States, found that in six states,
one in five working adults is not insured. In 38 other states, one worker
in 10 is uninsured. Overall, nearly 44 million Americans lack health care
coverage. For more information, visit www.covertheuninsuredweek.org.
. . . About
the California Faculty Association’s (CFA)
challenge to a backroom deal made by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and
California State University (CSU) Chancellor Charles Reed that would result
in drastic cuts to the CSU budget. CFA is leading the charge against any
additional budget cuts to the CSU.
Under the Schwarzenegger-Reed plan, called the
Compact, CSU would take a deep cut in state funding this year in exchange
for a non-binding promise from the governor for increased funding in future
years.
CFA urged the CSU trustees not to act until the
Compact, which is still just a proposed section of the state budget, undergoes
scrutiny by the state legislature. But the trustees voted at their May
19 meeting to increase undergraduate student fees by 14 percent, on top
of 43 percent in fee increases over the past 18 months, to cover the cuts
called for in the Compact.
“The governor’s revised budget slams
the door on 22,000 students, and puts the cost of college out of reach
for tens of thousands of working families,” said CFA President John
Travis.
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