Toombs
Americannoun
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“The collective action of so many lecturers, professors, counselors, librarians and coaches over these last eight months forced C.S.U. management to take our demands seriously,” Charles Toombs, president of the union, said in a statement.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024
Charles Toombs, president of the California Faculty Assn., lambasted the university’s decision to end contract talks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2024
Charles Toombs, association president, has said the union favors cutting “administrative bloat.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 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
If there had been no slavery, I verily believe that the south would have been the leading and most prosperous part of the union, and that Toombs would have been the greatest American.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
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