In his January proposal for the 2026-2027 state budget, Governor Newsom proposed hundreds of millions in additional ongoing funds for the CSU. Specifically, his budget would fund a $264.8 million increase in ongoing General Fund for a 5% base budget increase in line with his five-year compact with the CSU. In addition, CSU would receive an increase of $100.9 million to partially fund a deferred increase from 2024-25.

This total of $365.7 million in additional, ongoing funding makes it clearer than ever that CSU can more than afford Teamsters Skilled Trades workers’ contractual July 2025 raises that the CSU failed to pay. By CSU’s own estimate of the annual cost, our July raises would be just 1% of this overall increase. Our Union again demands that CSU abide by our legal contract and the law and pay the raises we are owed. The Governor’s proposal makes clear that the CSU has no excuse to continue denying our raises.

Between these proposed increases, annual 6% tuition increases, and billions of dollars in reserves, the CSU’s excuses are meritless and we demand that CSU pay Teamsters Skilled Trades worker raises now!

As well, given the CSU’s continued refusal to honor a legally binding contract despite the availability of substantial new state funding, we hereby declare a vote of no confidence in the leadership of the CSU Chancellor.