{"id":2156191,"date":"2024-01-22T17:39:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/29000-california-state-university-faculty-initiate-strike-across-23-campuses\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T17:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:43:13","slug":"29000-california-state-university-faculty-initiate-strike-across-23-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/29000-california-state-university-faculty-initiate-strike-across-23-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"29k Cal State faculty strike across 23 campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F29000-california-state-university-faculty-initiate-strike-across-23-campuses%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2156191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of the faculty union of the California State University system, as well as supporters,\u2063 carry signs while walking the picket line during a one\u200d day strike at California State University-Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, on December 6, 2023. Employees are looking for a\u2063 twelve percent raise. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>2:00\u2062 PM \u2013 Monday, January 22, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Almost\u2063 30,000 California State University (CSU) professors, librarians, coaches, and other staff across 23 campuses walked off\u2062 the job in a week-long strike in order to call for higher pay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, nearly 30,000 CSU faculty members at 23 campuses launched \u200ba massive \u200bstrike in which they \u200cdemanded higher wages.<\/p>\n<p>The California Faculty Association (CFA), a union that represents 29,000\u200c employees in the state, began the first-ever walkout at each\u200c Cal State\u2064 campus on \u200bMonday morning. <\/p>\n<p>Around 29,000 workers are represented by the CFA, and after reaching a late-Friday agreement\u2062 with the university, 1,100 more \u2062CSU plumbers, \u200belectricians, and other skilled trades employees, who\u200b are represented by\u2064 Teamsters Local 2010, were \u2062scheduled to \u200bgo on strike \u2064as well.<\/p>\n<p>The walkout coincided with the start of classes for the spring semester, initiating the first-ever strike at the university on the first day of class instruction following the return of students for\u200d the\u2063 spring semester.<\/p>\n<p>The CFA claimed that \u200dafter presenting four contract proposals to CSU\u2063 management on January 8<sup>th<\/sup>, the\u2062 university treated them with \u201cdisrespect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The board of directors of the CFA union decided to approve the strike, which will go on\u2064 until this Friday, January 26<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to higher pay, specifically\u2063 a 12% pay increase overall, the demands of the striking workers include \u201cparental\u200d leave, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-bends-knee-to-teacher-union-allows-remote-learning-after-threat-of-strike\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor Bends Knee to Teacher Union, Allows Remote Learning After Threat of Strike\">fewer police officers<\/a> on campuses, [and] increased student mental health services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a correspondence from the university made public\u2064 by the union, CSU offered a 5% wage increase and minor salary \u2063increases for department chairpersons.<\/p>\n<p>The union claims that the university has money in its \u201cflush reserve accounts\u201d and that operating cash\u2062 surpluses and the \u200c$766\u200d million in emergency reserves that CSU has would be sufficient to pay for the salary increases.<\/p>\n<p>Vice chancellor\u200c for \u200chuman resources at CSU, Leora Freedman, stated on Friday that reserve funds are not available for pay increases since they are intended\u200c for economic downturns or natural disasters like earthquakes or wildfires.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve made several offers with movement, and most recently a 15% increase that would be paid over \u200cthree\u200d years, \u2064providing faculty \u200ca 5%\u2063 increase each year. But the faculty union has never moved off its \u200b12% demand for \u2062one year only,\u201d Freedman said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Freedman continued, saying that the wage increase\u2062 that the union is demanding would cost \u2064the system around $380 million in new recurring\u200c spending, which the university cannot afford.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Wilson, a political science lecturer who was a part of the strike on Monday at Cal State Northridge in \u200bLos Angeles, announced\u200c that her reason for striking is to call \u200bfor higher pay. She stated \u2064that \u200cher salary varies from\u200b semester to semester, \u200bwhich impedes her ability to reach her long-term financial\u200c objectives.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re \u2064just hoping for a better contract \u200bto ensure\u200d better pay and also the working conditions here on campus,\u201d Wilson \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Katerina Navarro, a student at Cal State Los Angeles, expressed her support for the strike. She was shocked\u200b that her classes were not canceled on Monday, which was the first day\u200b of \u2063her nursing \u2064program.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSome more money needs\u200b to be invested \u2063in salaries and\u200c educational resources because people in education are severely underpaid \u2064for the \u200bwork they \u2062do,\u201d said Navarro.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although CSU has not \u200dcommented any further on the strike situation, the campuses will remain open to the\u2062 public \u2063and classes will remain in session.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts \u2064directly to your inbox for\u200d free. Subscribe\u2062 here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After thinking she was helping women for\u2063 seventeen years, Planned\u00a0Parenthood whistleblower\u2063 Mayra \u200dRodrigues says her eyes were open\u2064 when she became the abortion \u2063director. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The President\u2062 of Students For Life is\u200b focused \u2064on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-trump-holds-large-lead-over-haley-on-eve-of-n-h-primary\/\" title=\"Poll: Trump Holds Large Lead Over Haley On Eve Of N.H. Primary\">teaching young advocates<\/a> how to direct their passion in their fight against abortion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The CEO of The American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs says scientific evidence is exceedingly clear that human\u200c life begins at the moment of fertilization. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Washington, D.C. welcomes attendees for the annual March For Life event. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>AI startup ElevenLabs gained unicorn\u2063 status as surging investor interest for generative\u2064 AI technology sends \u2063startup valuations soaring.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Binance is due to square off against the\u200b SEC next week in another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-illustrated-announces-mass-layoff\/\" title=\"Sports Illustrated to cut jobs in major layoff\">high-profile \u200bhearing involving<\/a> a crypto exchange that could define how cryptocurrencies are regulated.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Executives at the WEF say \u200dthey \u2063are grappling\u2062 with how to turn early demos\u200b into money-makers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple ended Samsung Electronics\u2019 12-year run as the largest \u200cseller of smartphones in the world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does CSU management&#8217;s offer for a 5% wage increase compare to the union&#8217;s demand for a\u200b 12% raise?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  California \u200dState University\u2062 Professors Across 23 Campuses Launch Massive Strike for Higher Pay<\/p>\n<p>Almost 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other staff members from the\u200b California State \u2063University (CSU) system\u2063 went\u200d on strike in \u200da week-long demonstration to demand higher \u200dwages. The strike, which began\u200d on Monday, marks the first-ever walkout organized by the California Faculty Association (CFA),\u2062 a union representing over 29,000 employees in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The strike saw faculty members from all 23 CSU campuses participate in the demonstration, calling for better pay and improved working conditions. The CFA initiated \u2063the strike after perceived\u200c disrespect from the university, as they claimed that their four contract proposals presented to\u200c CSU management on January 8th were not given due consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the strike\u200b coincided with the\u2062 start of the spring semester, making\u200d it the first-ever walkout to occur on the first day of class \u200cinstruction. The CFA aimed to draw attention to their demands by launching the strike when\u2064 students\u200b returned \u200dfor the new semester.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to higher pay, the \u2064striking workers are calling for parental leave, reduced police presence on campuses, and increased mental health services for \u200bstudents. The union has presented a demand for\u2063 a 12% \u200cpay increase overall.<\/p>\n<p>However, CSU has countered with an offer of a 5% wage increase and minor salary increases for department chairpersons. They argue that the university&#8217;s financial reserves,\u200d including operating cash surpluses and emergency reserves amounting to $766 million, \u200cshould not \u200dbe used \u2062for salary increases but rather for economic downturns or\u200d natural disasters such as earthquakes or wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chancellor for Human\u200d Resources at CSU, Leora \u200bFreedman, stated\u200b that the wage increase requested by the union would cost the system\u200b around $380 million in new \u2062recurring spending, \u2062which the university cannot afford. CSU has made several offers, including a 15% increase paid \u200cover three years, but the union has remained steadfast in \u200ctheir demand for a 12% raise\u200c in one year.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty members and students showed their support for the \u2064strike. Victoria Wilson, a political \u2064science lecturer at\u200c Cal State Northridge, expressed \u2063her reasons \u2062for \u2064striking, citing inconsistent salaries \u2063that hinder her \u2062ability to reach long-term financial goals. Katerina\u2063 Navarro, a student\u200d at Cal State Los Angeles, voiced her belief that more \u2064investment should be \u200dmade in salaries and educational \u200cresources, as those in the\u2064 education field are \u200cseverely underpaid for their \u2063work.<\/p>\n<p>While CSU has not provided further comment on the strike, the\u200b campuses remain open to\u2064 the\u2064 public and classes \u2064continue as scheduled. The strike is expected to continue until January 26th, and both\u2064 the faculty and university \u2063will have to embark \u2064on further\u2062 negotiations to reach a resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the faculty union and supporters strike at California State University-Los Angeles, demanding a 12% raise. (Photo: FREDERIC J. 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