CSU Faculty Union Calls Strike Vote After Contract Talks Stall
Union members in the 23-campus California State University system have scheduled a strike vote after 18 months of contract bargaining talks.
The Board of Directors of the California Faculty Association recently authorized an April vote to approve or reject a strike if no agreement is reached. The CFA represents 24,000 employees including coaches, counselors, librarians and professors in one of the state’s highest profile workforces.
The April CFA strike vote nears amid the wider backdrop of public protests against budget cuts affecting students from kindergarteners to post-graduate researchers. Protests are under way throughout the United States, and a group began marching on Thursday from the Bay Area to Sacramento under the Occupy Education banner. A labor-backed rally is planned Monday in Sacramento.
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