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The California State University system and the Teamsters have reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract, averting a strike by 1,110 skilled trades employees. However, negotiations are ongoing with the California Faculty Association, and if a deal is not reached, professors are expected to go on strike for better pay, health and safety improvements, and expanded parental leave.
Faculty members at the California State University system are engaging in rolling strikes at four campuses to demand higher pay and better benefits. The strikes, organized by the California Faculty Association, represent a response to stalled contract negotiations with the university system. The union is seeking a 12% pay increase for the current academic year, while the university has offered a 5% increase for each of the next three years. The strikes aim to demonstrate the union's ability to organize its members for job actions if necessary.
95% of voting members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) have authorized a strike across all 23 California State University (CSU) campuses if necessary, in order to address issues such as low pay, large class sizes, and lack of mental health counseling access for students. The CFA demands include pay raises, pay equity, manageable workloads, more counselors, and expanding parental leave. CSU management claims they cannot afford these proposals, but a CFA fiscal analysis suggests otherwise, highlighting the CSU's hoarding of billions of dollars in reserves. CFA members plan to bring their demands to the CSU Board of Trustees meeting in November.