Cal State University Employees Prepare for a Historic Walkout

FEATURING ANTONIO GALLO – Tens of thousands of faculty and staff at 23 California State Universities across the nation’s most populous state may be getting ready to go on a 5-day strike in mid-April. The impending CSU strike – if it happens – would be the largest strike of university employees in the nation and could impact schools that serve nearly half a million students.

An independent report released this Monday ruled in favor of staff demands for a 5% pay hike, saying the state school system can afford it. The CSU system has so far refused, offering instead a 2% increase. Talks have stalled since the summer.

Antonio Gallo, Adjunct Professor of Chicano(a) Studies at Cal State Northridge, and Co-Chair of Faculty Rights at the California Faculty Association, CSUN.