Cal State System Strike Begins, Ends in 1 Day

Inside Higher Ed

Ryan Quinn

January 23, 2024

Another massive higher education strike began Monday, with workers across the 23-campus California State University system walking off the job in pursuit of better pay, more mental health counselors for students, semester-long paid parental leave and other concessions.

By the end of the day, the union had called for the strike’s end. In a news release sent around 10 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, the union announced a tentative agreement with CSU that wouldn’t meet the union’s salary demand, but would provide 10 weeks of paid parental leave, up from six, along with other wins. The union said members would vote on the deal “in the coming weeks.”

“The collective action of so many lecturers, professors, counselors, librarians, and coaches over these last eight months forced CSU management to take our demands seriously,” Charles Toombs, president of the faculty association, said in the news release. “This tentative agreement makes major gains for all faculty at the CSU.”

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