California State University’s faculty union voted Monday to strike on two campuses next week to protest the administration’s decision to withhold negotiated pay raises, an unprecedented job action leaders hope will draw attention to the plight of the state’s beleaguered public colleges. The California Faculty Association’s governing board voted to authorize a one-day strike at the East Bay and Dominguez Hills campuses after more than 90 percent of voting union members approved the move, said CFA president Lillian Taiz… The Nov. 17 walkout would be the first CSU faculty strike since collective bargaining began in 1983.

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by Terence Chea, The San Jose Mercury News.

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