Contract negotiations between California State University leaders and its faculty union hit a brick wall Tuesday morning, pushing the 23 campuses closer to what would be the first ever systemwide faculty strike. CSU officials announced in a statement Tuesday morning that they were ending the current round of negotiations by giving all university faculty, librarians, […]
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Strike still looms at Cal Poly after CSU cancels bargaining sessions with faculty union
The California State University system has canceled all future bargaining sessions in the current contract negotiations with the California Faculty Association, according to the union, meaning the possibility of a strike at Cal Poly and other campuses continues to loom later this month. CSU Monterey Bay history lecturer and CFA Bargaining Committee member Meghan O’Donnell […]
Cal Fire identifies suspected Sacramento State arsonist, accused of campus fire
Cal Fire is looking for a man accused of lighting a fire and committing multiple acts of vandalism on Sacramento State’s campus earlier this month. Cody Alexander Haney, 33, is accused of vandalizing the campus on Dec. 10 and igniting at least one fire, according to a news release issued Thursday by the state fire […]
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 […]
Anti-trans influencers came to speak at Cal Poly — so 300 protesters gathered for a drag show
Students and community members gathered outside a speaking event featuring two anti-transgender influencers on Cal Poly’s campus Tuesday night for a unique kind of protest. Around 300 people watched performers Skinny Mocha, Marcy Killing, Junie B. Moans and more preform in a “guerrilla drag show” outside of a scheduled Turning Points USA event. The Cal […]
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, […]