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Faculty in the California State University system have overwhelmingly approved a contract that gives raises to professors, lecturers, and other faculty members in the 23-campus system.
That approval, announced Thursday, came after two years of negotiations between the California State University administration and the Calfornia Faculty Association.
Members of the California State University board approved the agreement last month. About 95 percent of the associations voting members approved the pact, the highest turnout in 10 years.
“After two hard-fought, member-driven years of bargaining, we have a new contract!” said Charles Toombs, faculty association president and a professor at San Diego State University, in a statement. “This vote signifies that we can bargain for salary gains while at the same time moving our working conditions forward through an anti-racism and social justice lens.”
The new contract provides a four percent pay increase for all faculty members retroactive to July 1 and an additional four percent increase next July 1, contingent on the state budget, for the 2022-23 academic year.
Also, there will be a 2.65 percent salary increase for full professors and some lecturers, coaches, counselors, and librarians, as well as a $3,500 bonus for extra work done by faculty during the 2020-21 academic year because of the pandemic.
