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California State University, Fullerton, (above) is one of the 22 campuses where teamsters are prepared to strike.<\/p>\n
David McNew\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Members of Teamsters Local 2010, a union representing 1,100 skilled trade employees at the California State University system, voted Monday to authorize a strike across all 22 campuses.<\/p>\n
CSU refused to pay contractually guaranteed five\u00a0percent raises and salary step increases in July, and the union has filed several unfair labor practice complaints against the university system, union representatives said in a news release. Teamsters members are not striking yet, but are prepared to do so \u201cif CSU continues to break the law, ignore their contract, and refuse to pay the raises that its skilled workforce is owed,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cCSU is steering itself into a completely avoidable battle with the Teamsters Union. Our members will not stand by while the University commits unfair practices, misuses state funds, breaks its promises, and enriches executives at the expense of the workers who keep its campuses running,\u201d Jason Rabinowitz, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 2010, said in the release. \u201cCSU\u2019s greed, dishonesty and disrespect for its workforce are indefensible. This vote makes clear that we are ready to strike if CSU continues to rip us off while lining their own pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement, a spokesperson for the CSU Chancellor\u2019s office said the vote is procedural and that a strike is not necessarily \u201cimminent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe result of the strike authorization vote is disappointing, as the current labor agreement, negotiated and ratified through the collaborative collective bargaining process, contained clear contingency provisions language that tied certain salary increases to the receipt of new, unallocated, ongoing state funding. Those contingencies were not met, leading to the current reopener negotiations on salary terms,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cWe believe the time and resources of all parties would be more productively devoted to the bargaining table, where meaningful progress can be made, rather than toward preparing for a strike.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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