California State faculty to begin a week of strikes — demanding 12% pay raise this year

Faculty at the California State University are gearing up to strike at four campuses this week, the latest move in a months-long fight for higher pay at the nation’s largest public university system. While the California Faculty Association (CFA) — the union representing 29,000 faculty at the 23-campus institution — has called for a 12% salary increase this year, officials at California State have offered faculty a 15% increase over three years, instead, for an annual raise of 5% each year. That agreement, union leaders say, limits faculty members’ ability to negotiate until 2026-2027. “This w...