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California State Universities reach tentative agreement with striking faculty and staff
The California State University system agreed to a tentative deal with the California Faculty Association, representing nearly 30,000 faculty and staff members, less than a day into the union’s five-day strike.
“This historic agreement was won because of members’ solidarity, collective action, bravery, and love for each other and our students,” Associate Vice President of Lectures Antonio Gallo said in an email to the membership.
The CFA announced the tentative deal Monday night, highlighting a retroactive salary increase, an increase to parental leave and protections for faculty.
“This is what People Power looks like,” Gallo said. “This deal immensely improves working conditions for faculty and strengthens learning conditions for students.”
In case anyone forgot, STRIKES WORK! After months of negotiations, our movement for a #betterCSU has paid off! Our members have won a Tentative Agreement with @calstate that includes raising the floor for our most vulnerable faculty, safer workplaces & expanded parental leave.#1u pic.twitter.com/q9VXHO0P6p
— California Faculty Association (@CFA_United) January 23, 2024
CFA members will receive a retroactive 5% general salary increase dating back to July 1, 2023, and a 5% bump on July 1, 2024. The tentative deal also outlines an increase to the salary floor, bumping it up by $3,000. Faculty and staff will also receive 10 weeks of parental leave, compared to the previous six.
The agreement also outlines help for instructors:
- Faculty members who interact with police will receive a union rep for those meetings.
- Improved access to gender-inclusive bathrooms and lactation spaces and a pathway to monitor access issues.
- Support for lecturer engagement in service work.
“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. “The agreement enables the CSU to fairly compensate its valued, world-class faculty while protecting the university system’s long-term financial sustainability.
When the talks stalled in early January, CSU officials offered all instructional faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches a general salary increase of 5%, effective Jan. 31, over three years. It also offered eight weeks of parental leave rather than 10.
The five-day walkout was originally supposed to last through Friday. Faculty is expected to return to work on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
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NEW YORK — Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were attacked in New York City on Friday night, authorities said.
The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Second Avenue near East 96th Street on the Upper East Side, according to the New York City Police Department.
Police said officers were sent to the scene after an assault was reported. When officers arrived, police say they found a 20-year-old man suffering from facial injuries and a 70-year-old man who had head pain. Both victims were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the former governor said the two were attacked while “taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson.”
The spokesperson said that they were injured “but were able to fight off their attackers.”
Both were taken to Cornell Hospital “as a precaution,” he added.
Police said no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
The 70-year-old Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor from 2008 to 2010, stepping into the post after the resignation of Eliot Spitzer following his prostitution scandal. He made history at the time as the state’s first-ever Black and legally blind governor.