One California State University professor spoke of the “psychic harm” done to workers who were ready to keep fighting for more than they ultimately received. Another noted the unusually high number of union members organizing to reject the tentative agreement struck by their negotiating team. A third wrote that CSU faculty morale “is the lowest I’ve ever seen” in his 13 years on the job.
The California Faculty Association, which called off a strike by its 29,000 members across 23 CSU campuses after a single day last week, clearly has a battle on its hands as it seeks ratification of the one-year contract extension it just agreed to.
