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Teamsters Trades Workers Authorize Statewide Strike at California State University

CSU says the disputed pay increases were contingent on new state funding that did not materialize.

Overview

  • Roughly 1,100 skilled trade employees represented by Teamsters Local 2010 voted to authorize a strike across all 22 CSU campuses.
  • Union leaders report about 94% support for the authorization, which empowers them to call a walkout if talks fail.
  • The dispute centers on five percent raises and salary step increases the union says were promised but not implemented in July.
  • CSU cites contract language tying certain raises to new, unallocated, ongoing state funding and says those conditions were not met.
  • No strike date has been set as the union pursues unfair labor practice complaints and both sides continue reopener negotiations, with CSU calling the vote procedural and not an imminent stoppage.