Building off the one-day strikes in December, the California Faculty Association (CFA) is going on strike from Jan. 22-26, affecting the California State University (CSU) system during the first week of the spring semester. Instagram accounts associated with the CFA initially announced the strike on Dec. 20. This strike will affect California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB).
The CFA includes professors, librarians, coaches and counselors, meaning classes will not be held if professors choose to join the picket line. This also means Canvas pages will be inaccessible until after the strike.
CSUMB announced on Instagram that the campus will not be closed during the strike’s duration and the move in on Jan. 19 will be unaffected. The semester is also still scheduled to start on Jan. 22. The announcement states, “Concerted activities by CFA and Teamsters may occur on our campus … Individual faculty members may decide to strike that week, which could result in individual classes being canceled.”
Students should reach out to their professors if they are unsure about what this means for their courses. If a faculty member chooses not to strike, classes will still be held and students may be penalized if they skip classes or miss assignments.
Following the strike announcement, the CFA Bargaining Team reserved four days to renegotiate contracts, hoping to reach a new agreement and prevent a systemwide strike. If these renegotiations met the CFA’s demands, a strike would not occur; however, this wasn’t the case, and the strike was officially promoted by multiple CSU campuses in early January.
More information regarding the strike can be found on official CFA social media and websites.
CFA Main Page: cfa_united
CSUMB CFA Page: mbcfa1
CFA Website: https://www.calfac.org/