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
🚨STRIKE DAY! Thousands on historic STATE-WIDE STRIKE!
📢TELL
@thecsu
management to invest in their FACULTY & STUDENTS!
⏰Time for manageable workloads, fair pay, more mental health counselors, better parental leave, & safe campuses.
#RaisetheFloor
#SolidaritySeason
WE ARE ON STRIKE! Thousands of California university faculty are on strike to win a union contract that benefits all
@calstate
faculty. We demand dignity, equity, and justice. Huelga!
#CFAFacultyRising
#SolidaritySeason
Our students, faculty, and communities cannot function under the repression and brutality we are witnessing at places of learning across California and the nation, including at
@humboldtcalpoly
where students are advocating for justice & human rights in Palestine.
Caste is now a protected category at the
@calstate
system, thanks to student, faculty, and staff activists, and CFA union leaders, who advocated for – and won – this provision in our new contract.
Read all about it in this weeks CFA headlines ⤵️
Members sent a powerful message that low pay, growing workloads, and systemic inequities are not sustainable. 95% of voting members support authorizing a strike - if necessary - to win a deal that addresses these alarming issues.
#1u
#CFA4Faculty
#StrikeReady
Rather than bargain in good faith with CFA members,
@calstate
management expressed nothing but disdain for faculty. CSU management has never taken seriously our proposals for desperately needed equity transformation for CSU students, faculty, and staff.
#CFAFacultyRising
✊🏾
It’s happening!!! Members striking at Cal Poly Pomona for better working condititions and student learning conditions. Time for CSU management to invest in our classrooms, counseling centers, and libraries.
#CFAFacultyRising
#DoBetterCSU
We have reached a tentative agreement with
@calstate
management for a new faculty contract. Upon a ratification vote by CFA members, faculty will see immediate salary increase, including retroactive payments, & a number of improvements in our Collective Bargaining Agreement. ✊🏼
Are you ready! FIVE days till our systemwide
#Strike
. Show up and let
@calstate
know, that there is no CSU without its staff, students and faculty.
#RiseUp
We raised the floor for members! All faculty will get a 10% raise in the next 6 months, 5% retroactive to July 1, 2023. Lowest-paid faculty also get 👇
#RaiseTheFloor
*BREAKING VICTORY* CSU Student Assistants have MADE HISTORY, the largest union of undergrad student workers in the U.S! 97% voted yes to join
@CSUEU
SEIU Local 2579.
#GenZ
workers are claiming their seat at the table for fair wages & respect!
#UnionsForAll
AGREEMENT REACHED! ⚡⚡
After more than a year of negotiations, two strike actions, and a five-day strike planned for next week, our demonstrations of Union strength have paid off! Our
#Teamsters
Bargaining Team has won a Tentative Agreement (TA) with CSU ✊
CFA encourages Gov.
@GavinNewsom
to Appoint Assemblymember
@RobBontaCA
as California’s next Attorney General. He will continue to be a champion for racial and social justice and lead with integrity, strength, and compassion
#CA
#RobBontaforAG
#CFACares
Incredibly grateful for the unity and solidarity across the state from our allies. Thank you for your support and we will see you all on the picket line! ✊
#CFAStrong
#CFAOnStrike
Canceling student debt will address the racial wealth gap. Black and brown communities carry the most
#studentdebt
and face the brunt of the impact of the pandemic.
#COVID19
has also caused a disproportionate number of Latinx women to leave the workforce.
#CancelStudentDebt
🚨🚨STRIKE ALERT: Time for
@calstate
management to invest in their faculty and students. Time for manageable workloads, fair pay, more mental health counselors, expanded parental leave, and safe campuses.
#CFAFacultyRising
#DoBetterCSU
CFA members will be going on
#strike
next month if we cannot settle our re-opener contract with
@thecsu
management. We are joining together to fight management’s disinvestment in the people directly responsible for student learning and success.
#FairContractNow
#DoBetterCSU
The largest public university system in the U.S.,
@calstate
is strong and successful because of their hardworking faculty and staff. I stand with
@CFA_United
and
@IBTlocal2010
and urge CSU to bargain in good faith to deliver higher base salaries and better conditions.
#CFAProud
After 8 months of reopener bargaining & numerous job actions including 2 sets of strikes, 76% of voting CFA members approved our TA. We thank members for their solidarity, debate, & courage to press CSU management for better faculty working and student learning conditions.
Empty classrooms, empty libraries, empty campuses. WE SHUT IT DOWN! We will be back for more
#strikes
if CSU management continues their entrenchment in the status quo.
#RiseUp
#CFAFacultyRising
The votes are in! CFA members have made a historic turnout in votes to ratify a new contract with
@calstate
Union power is people power, We have won!
Thank you to all our members’ hard work in making sure faculty participated in the vote. When we fight, we win!
#CFA4Faculty
Even when
@calsate
received $15 million from the state of California to address their lack of counselors, management hired fewer than ten counselors. There is enough money for the CSU; they're just too busy creating an investment portfolio instead of caring for their students.
As we shared in our Monday update announcing the achievement of a Tentative Agreement (TA), we have more details about the terms. To see how much our strike actions moved
@calstate
management to a comprehensive agreement, see a side-by-side comparison with the TA.
#1u
#CFATA
CSU faculty currently only have 30 days of paid parental leave, less than faculty and some graduate students at other universities. CSU management refuses our proposal for a minimum of 1 semester or 2 quarters for paid parental leave.
#DoBetterCSU
Yes!!!
#AB1460
passes resoundingly in the California Senate. This is a monumental day for inclusive learning in higher ed and our anti-racism and social justice movement.
This fight is for everyone in the CSU struggling to keep up with their workload. YOU are what makes the CSU work. Please refer to our strike FAQ for more information.
#CFAOnStrike
means withholding all in-person and virtual work. Time to
#ShutItDown
. Are you with us?
Visit for FAQs and more information. If you have other questions or concerns, please reach out to us at bargainingideas
@calfac
.org.
#CFAFacultyRising
"During the 1980s, Queen Latifah used her own artistry to confront social issues and injustices affecting Black communities at home and abroad."
Here's what we are reading:
CFA is in solidarity with
@CSUEU
and student workers organizing for their right to a union and building power for higher wages, affordable parking, and sick time.
#1u
#UnionStrong
✊🏾
REMINDER: The largest student worker election in history starts Jan 25th. Student assistants are organizing a union so that we can fight for what we deserve; higher wages, sick time, affordable parking and more!! Commit to vote YES,
#SEIU
#unionsforall
Can you hear us now,
@calstate
? Fair contract now. We need pay equity for our lowest-paid faculty, expanded parental leave, more mental health counselors for students, workload relief, safe lactation rooms, and gender-inclusive restrooms/changing rooms.
#CFAFacultyRising
Reminder: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight in the new year.
Our
@CFA_Stanislaus
members donate a meal to
@UFWupdates
marchers on Day 15 of their trek for the
@CAgovernor
's signature on
#AB2183
that would provide fair choices when organizing, free from fear and retaliation.
.
@calstate
trustees are set to approve massive pay increases for its highest paid presidents & executives, citing parity, equity, & fairness. Where's the fairness for faculty & staff, who are bearing the brunt of historic & exponentially increasing inflation? 🧵
🚨BREAKING: UC-AFT’s Executive Board served notice to UC management that lecturers will strike on Nov. 17 and 18 against unfair labor practices committed by the
@UofCalifornia
.
#UCUnfair
#WeTeachUC
(1/4)
The California Senate has officially passed
#SB2
, the bill to decertify bad cops and protect the civil rights of Californians. Thank you to all Senators and Assemblymembers for your support.
The legislation is officially on its way to the desk of Governor
@GavinNewsom
!
"Today, students drown in debt to receive a CSU education, and many faculty are paid significantly less than K–12 teachers. Meanwhile, the highest payouts, along with free housing and car payments, go to those who neither teach nor do research."
Associated Student Inc. at CSU Sacramento (ASCSUS) has unanimously passed a resolution supporting CFA bargaining demands. They understand that our transformative proposals are there to benefit CSU students and give them the best education they deserve.
#StrongerTogether
We are disappointed by the lack of commitment from
@calstate
board of trustees to ensure the CSU is the people's university.
Thank you to trustees Diana Aguilar-Cruz, Jonathan Molina Mancio, Lateefah Simon,
@EleniForCA
&
@TonyThurmond
.
Full statement:
CFA honors all farmworkers, including leaders like Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong who helped organize and unionize farmworkers to achieve safer working conditions, dignity, and respect.
Here's more:
ITS's STRIKE SEASON!!
The fact-finding stage of the statutory process has ended, and no settlement has been reached between CFA members and CSU management.
#CFAFacultyRising
More info:
One of the KEY reasons we are moving forward with our demands is our STUDENTS. Our faculty, students and staff make
@thecsu
run! We've got your back
#CSUStudents
; thank you for having ours ❤️🔥
#CFAFacultyRising
SEIU International President Mary Kay has made it clear that SEIU will be fighting side by side with us to secure a better future for all faculty working in the CSU. Together, we will address racial and gender inequities and improve our working conditions.
#FairContract
As CFA members, let us honor César Chávez's contribution to labor rights by continuing our fight for justice and respect for our faculty and students.
#1u
#S
íSePuede!
It’s time to transform
#highered
to a more inclusive, social justice-minded system. CFA lays out a set of demands and justifications for those that center on redress for systemic anti-Black racism in
@calstate
. (
@KESQ
for video report with CFA Associate VP Sharon Elise)
"“Just nonstop work for almost a decade, seven days a week, even during the summer. We’re not trying to be greedy or selfish or anything. We want what’s fair for everybody.”"
Read more:
#CFAFacultyRising
@latimes
"Faculty are not seeking to get rich, their goals are to be able to live in the communities where they teach..."
THIRTY SEVEN state legislators signed a letter to
@calstate
Chancellor Garcia supporting CFA members' fight for dignity and safety at work.
#DoBetterCSU
In solidarity with
@UTLAnow
and
@SEIULocal99
✊
Nearly 1 in 3 LAUSD Educators must work 2 jobs just to survive, and no first-year educator can afford the average rent in LA.
#United4LA
📣 Students have spoken. Educators have spoken. Parents have spoken. Now is the time to act‼️
📣 Stand with us to demand the District adopt the Beyond Recovery platform. ✊🏽🪧✊🏿🪧✊🏾🪧✊🏼
#LAUSD
#reclaimourschoolsLA
#LA
#LosAngeles
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that labor movements have the power to shape our nation. We continue to push to ensure that public education remains in the hands of our faculty, staff, and students.
#unionpower
#1u
#CFA4Faculty
#CFA4Students
#MLKDay
Much energy and passion in support of equal opportunity for all at today's
@YesProp16
Unity Rally in Sacramento. It's time to restore affirmative action & level the playing field for women and people of color. Vote
#YesOnProp16
!
“Among them are lecturers, who often have to teach classes at multiple campuses to cobble together a living wage. The union wants to raise the salary floor for full-time faculty from $54,360 to $64,360.” -
@latimes
Voting to authorize a faculty-wide strike – if necessary – is now open!
Our strike authorization vote will end on Friday, October 27, at 5 p.m. Votes will be confidential.
CFA members: Don't be fooled by boss tactics like lying and fear-mongering!
@calstate
must invest in health and safety for all students and employees.
#FairContractNow
⏰ T-minus 10 days till we go on strike! Keep an eye out here for details about
#CFAOnStrike
Visit for FAQs and more information. If you have other questions or concerns, please reach out to us at bargainingideas
@calfac
.org.
CFA members united with
@IDTlocal2010
members during their picket lines today as we fight for fair contracts and safety at work! Find all start times and locations at
Management had never responded to any of our proposals on raising the floor for our lowest paid lecturers. Our Monday strike changed their minds. Faculty in Range A* & B will now see substantial increases in their salary bases, retroactive to July 1, 2023.
What town?
#UnionTown
!!
Who’s university? The People’s University!! C’mon
@calstate
@CSUdrG
show us you care about your faculty, staff and students ✊🏾
What do we want? A contract. NOW!! Members show they are strike ready at
@calstate
trustees meeting today. Time to respect us and our dedication to students!!
Learn more:
We are back in full force for Week 3 of the strike. Catch a glimpse of our rallies yesterday, our visit to
@UCPrezDrake
's office, & the stakes of the strike laid out by Student Researcher Kung Feng.
When will
@UofCalifornia
respond to Grad Workers' wages proposals?
#UAWonStrike
At the bargaining table, CFA members are fighting for rights, respect, and justice for all faculty and students.
@calstate
management is fighting to keep things the same. Keeping things the same is not working for our lecturers.
#CFAinBargaining
#RightsRespectJustice
#Calstate
We’re not falling for it. We are legally allowed to strike, and we will show up in the hundreds with our faculty, staff, students, and community allies to shut down the CSU until we get what we deserve.
#DoBetterCSU
#CFA4Faculty
#CFAFacultyRising
@calstate
management can afford to pay themselves exuberant salaries without hesitation, yet they abruptly walked out of our Tuesday bargaining session threatening layoffs and claiming they can't afford our proposals that offer meaningful change at the CSU.
#CFAFacultyRising
"The union’s ask isn’t as dramatic as 12% in one year might sound, as it is attempting to account for years of raises that haven’t kept pace with the rising cost of living, not to mention workloads for professors and lecturers that have grown significantly."
@capitalandmain
Members of the union for California State University faculty,
@CFA_United
, walked out at four of the CSU's 23 campuses this week. And it may serve as a prelude of what's to come: a statewide strike.
CFA is excited to announce our 2021 Legislators of the Year: state Senate President Pro Tem
@SenToniAtkins
& Assemblywoman
@LorenaSGonzalez
. CFA knows they will both ensure a more inclusive learning environment, as well as a safer
@calstate
& California.
The contingency language in the TA requires only that the state not cut overall base funding to the CSU. The Governor released his draft budget on January 10th which has already committed to maintaining funding for the CSU.
#CFATA
#1u
We are just one week away from our strike actions! Faculty, students, staff, and community members are all encouraged to join the picket line! We will fight together, and we will win together!
#FightingForTheCSUWeDeserve
“ ‘They can afford to provide fair compensation and safe working conditions,’ Luna said in a statement. ‘It’s time to stop funneling tuition and taxpayer money into a top-heavy administration.’ “ -
@guardian