California State University Faculty Went on Strike Over Gender-Neutral Bathrooms!?

Commentary For the last eight months, the California Faculty Association (CFA) and officials with the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system has been negotiating over benefit and pay increases, and on Jan. 22 they finally reached a tentative agreement. The CFA wanted a flat 12 percent pay increase for all 29,000 members of the Association, while the university system proposed a 5 percent increase. Both sides refused to budge on their proposals, so a systemwide CFA strike was authorized from Jan. 22 to 26. However, the new agreement ended the strike after one day, and faculty were expected to return to work on Jan. 23. New benefits include a 5 percent salary increase for all faculty retroactive to July 1, 2023, and another 5 percent salary increase on July 1, 2024, according to City News Service. The CFA had also demanded that the agreement include additional gender-neutral bathrooms, lactation stations, and increased parental leave. These requests were granted....