CSU Faculty Strike Ends with Tentative Labor Agreement
The agreement, reached after a one-day strike, includes a 10% raise over two years and other benefits, but has drawn mixed reviews from union members.
- The California State University (CSU) system and its faculty union have reached a tentative labor agreement after a one-day strike, resulting in a 10% general raise over two years and other benefits such as extended parental leave, union support dealing with police, and more access to gender-inclusive restrooms and lactation spaces.
- The abrupt end to the strike has drawn mixed reviews from union members, some of whom were prepared for a week-long walkout aimed at better pay and benefits.
- The agreement raises the minimum pay for the lowest-paid instructors, who make up more than half of the union’s 29,000 members, in what the union president has called a 'massive and historic' win.
- The union initially pushed for an across-the-board increase of 12% in one year, but settled for the 10% raise over two years.
- Union leaders have said they will return to the bargaining table if members reject the tentative agreement.