In the late hours of Monday Jan. 22, the California Faculty Association (CFA) shared that a tentative agreement had been reached with the California State University system. The week-long strike was canceled, and classes were set to resume the next day.
Students can expect to get updates from their professors about when their classes will resume.
According to the CFA website the highlights of the tentative agreement are:
- 5-percent general salary increase for all faculty retroactive to July 1, 2023 or retroactive to hire date if hired this academic year.
- 5-percent general salary increase for all faculty on July 1, 2024, (contingent on the state not reducing base funding to the CSU).
- Raising the salary floor for our lowest-paid faculty in salary ranges A and B: $3,000 increase in the minimum pay for ranges A and B retroactive to July 1, 2023; additional $3,000 increase in the minimum pay for range A on July 1, 2024.
- Service step increase (SSI) of 2.65% for 2024-25.
- Increasing paid parental leave from six to 10 weeks.
- Increasing protection for faculty who have dealings with police by providing for a union representative in those interactions.
- Improving access to gender-inclusive restrooms and lactation spaces, and a pathway to monitor issues of access.
- Providing support for lecturer engagement in service work.
- Extending the current contract for 2022-24 one year to June 30, 2025.
In a statement posted to the CFA website, the union shared that “At the bargaining table, CSU management did not take our proposals seriously until CFA members were willing to withhold our labor. Our bargaining proposals offered solutions to desperately needed equity transformation for CSU students, faculty, and staff.”
“This historic agreement was won because of members’ solidarity, collective action, bravery, and love for each other and our students,” said Antonio Gallo, associate vice president of lecturers, south. “This is what People Power looks like. This deal immensely improves working conditions for faculty and strengthens learning conditions for students.”
“I am extremely pleased and deeply appreciative that we have reached common ground with CFA that will end the strike immediately,” said CSU Chancellor Mildred García in a press release Tuesday morning. “The agreement enables the CSU to fairly compensate its valued, world-class faculty while protecting the university system’s long-term financial sustainability.”