Toombs
Americannoun
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Charles Toombs, president of the California Faculty Assn., said raising minimum pay for the lowest-paid instructors, who make up more than half of the union’s 29,000 members, was a “massive and historic” win.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024
The union’s president, Charles Toombs, said he hoped that the university would return to the bargaining table so the strike could be averted.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
Under Cal State’s proposal, Toombs said the increases in the last two years of the plan would be contingent on the budget, meaning money for the raises would depend on the availability of state funding.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Charles Toombs, president of the California Faculty Association, which is backing the California State University students’ unionization efforts, said it is unacceptable that some student workers struggle to make ends meet.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023
And so remember that Webster looked the greatest of all men of the north, and Toombs the greatest of all men of the south.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
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