CSU strike remains a possibility for Monday

The onslaught inactive could beryllium averted if CSU and the unions travel to an statement earlier Monday.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Faculty Association and the California State University strategy inactive bash not person a deal, and it appears CFA members volition beryllium striking adjacent week.

"We are being backed into a country and this is the lone avenue that we person to effort and get the precocious medication to travel backmost to the halfway ngo of the CSU," Fresno State Music Professor and CFA unpaid section head, Dr. Benjamin Boone said.

The national is warring for amended pay, wellness and information improvements, and expanded parental leave, among different things.

"Students bash you enactment the enactment enactment of the faculty?" Boone asked a radical of students. "Yeah absolutely," the radical replied.

The Teamsters Local 2010 union, representing skilled workers successful the CSU system, besides plans to onslaught successful solidarity with CFA arsenic its negations person stalled arsenic well.

"If we were to hold to the increases that these unions are demanding, we would person to marque terrible cuts to programs," CSU Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, Leora Freedman explained. "We would person to layoff employees. This would jeopardize our acquisition ngo and origin hardship to galore employees."

CFA has asked for a 12% wage summation to which CSU responded with a 5% wide wage summation starting astatine the extremity of the month.

"The module union's compensation demands would outgo CSU astir $380 cardinal successful the archetypal twelvemonth unsocial and each twelvemonth aft that," Freedman said. "This is $150 cardinal much than the CSU's full backing summation from the authorities of California successful 2023/24."

CSU says it does not person the fund for the 12% wage increase, but CFA says otherwise.

"They tin perfectly much than spend that and successful summation they raised tuition for the students 34% implicit the adjacent 3 years. They did not request to bash that. Where is that wealth going?" Boone said.

If nary woody is reached, CFA members & Teamsters, including those astatine Fresno State, volition beryllium striking for 5 days starting Monday.

CSU says Fresno State and each of the system's different campuses volition stay unfastened during the strike.

Students are advised to proceed to cheque successful with their professors to spot if their people is canceled.

The onslaught inactive could beryllium averted if CSU and the unions travel to an statement earlier Monday.

Those who program to onslaught volition beryllium wearing reddish connected the streets surrounding the university-including Barstow, Cedar and Shaw Avenues.