The California State University faculty union announced Tuesday that its members overwhelmingly approved a new contract that will raise salaries by more than 10 percent over the next two years.
The agreement was unveiled last month after a nearly yearlong standoff with the university over pay raises and just days before the California Faculty Association – which represents approximately 26,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches – was set to begin a massive five-day strike across the 23-campus system.
The union said 63 percent of its undisclosed number of members participated in the online vote, with 97 percent favoring the contract. It will provide a 5-percent salary increase on June 30 and another 2 percent on July 1, followed by a 3.5-percent increase on July 1, 2017.
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