rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-csu-to-invest-in-their-workers?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-csu-to-invest-in-their-workers' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Teamsters Local 2010 https://actionnetwork.org/users/teamsters-local-2010/profile https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/264/579/normal/CSU_Unions_2023_v2.png Even though inflation has been in the double digits in the past year, the CSU has offered an insulting and inadequate 1% to 2% raise over two years to the Skilled Trades workers who keep student dorms livable and classrooms safe and maintained for students, faculty and other staff. The 2022 Mercer Study commissioned by the California Legislature and the CSU found that CSU workers are paid up to 12% less than comparable workers at similar institutions. In response, Governor Newsom directed the CSU to address pay inequities in bargaining with workers in 2023. But the CSU continues to put workers dead last on their list of priorities, as shown by their ridiculously low wage proposal. Our Teamsters Bargaining Team knows how important this issue is to Skilled Trades workers and showed up with our proposal for fair wage "steps” on the first day of negotiations. Workers are tired of the CSU and the State fighting over who is responsible for financing fair pay for workers. The CSU has mismanaged their workforce for decades—refusing to move workers through their wage scales and building up a massive backlog of deferred maintenance as campuses deteriorate statewide—resulting in a financial stash of more that $3 billion in their “rainy day” fund. As far as we’re concerned, it’s been pouring for years. The CSU must invest in workers NOW! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-csu-to-invest-in-their-workers