Tag: Cal

Cal State faculty to hold statewide strike in January

(BCN) — The California Faculty Association will hold a week-long strike Jan 22-26 across all 23 California State University campuses. The association, which represents about 29,000 professors and lecturers, has been fighting for a 12% general salary increase for this year. However, labor negotiations with the chancellor’s office have been stalled for months. The university […]

Cal Poly classes could be canceled as CSU faculty threaten statewide strike

The California Faculty Association, which represents 29,000 California State University professors and instructors, will hold a weeklong strike across the system’s campuses in January, including at Cal Poly, the union said in a news release. Barring any new action or agreement, the strike would likely shut down classes at 23 university campuses in the third […]

Cal State University faculty are striking. What are their demands?

Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the United States, kicked off a series of one-day strikes starting Dec. 4 across four campuses to demand higher pay and more parental leave for thousands of professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers. Hundreds of faculty members picketed at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, […]