California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers in the California State University system have reached a tentative contract agreement and will end their planned strike against the nation’s largest public university system. The deal was announced Monday night after the first day of the walkout and faculty members planned to return to work on Tuesday instead of continuing their planned weeklong walkout. They demanded higher wages, more manageable workloads and increased parental leave. The strike came on the first day of the spring semester for most of the system’s 450,000 students. The California Faculty Association represents workers across Cal State’s 23 campuses.