California Faculty Association Authorizes First-Ever Strike

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NATIONAL LABOR LEADERS SPEAK OUT FOR CSU
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BERKELEY, California: Professors for the United States' largest four-year public college system could walk out of California State University classrooms as soon as next month after union leaders announced members had authorized a strike.

The vote comes after nearly two years of bargaining have failed to produce an agreement for faculty.

"We are a faculty that is fed up and we're a faculty that's ready to walk off the job," California Faculty Association President John Travis said Wednesday as he announced results of the vote at the Southern California campus of CSU Dominguez Hills.

Union leaders said if a strike is called it would be limited to two-day actions that rotate from campus to campus to lessen the impact on the system's more than 400,000 students.

Chancellor Charles Reed said in a news release that administrators were doing everything they could to reach a settlement, but if faculty strike, the system has plans in place to minimize disruptions.

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