Students, faculty and staff protest a potential tuition increase across the California State University system on Sept 12, 2023.
CREDIT: MICHAEL LEE-CHANG / STUDENTS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION
Thousands of California State University faculty are preparing to shut down their classes and strike for one day next week as labor negotiations have stalled.
The series of one-day rolling strikes will begin at Cal Poly Pomona on Monday, with San Francisco State following on Tuesday, Cal State LA on Wednesday and Sacramento State on Thursday. Some faculty from other campuses are expected to join their colleagues and not teach on those days.
Salary remains the largest disagreement between the 23-campus Cal State system and the California Faculty Association, which represents about 29,000 professors and lecturers. The faculty is fighting for a 12% general salary increase for this year and has not specified the size of the…
