California Teachers Union Shutdown Education and Put 460,000 Students’ Education on Hold 

In January 2024, the California Faculty Association led the “largest university faculty strike in U.S. history,” a weeklong strike across all 23 California State University (CSU) campuses.

According to Leora Freedman, the university system’s vice chancellor for human resources, fulfilling these union demands would require the school system to incur $380 million in new recurring spending—something it simply doesn’t have the resources to do. The system budget already allocates 75% of its spending toward staff compensation, and it has already had to implement tuition cost increases to make ends meet. 

“If we were to agree to the increase that these unions are demanding, we would have to make severe cuts to programs,” said Freedman. “We would have to lay off employees — this would jeopardize our educational mission.” 

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Approximately 460,000 students have been impacted by the strike as well, many of whose educations and futures hang in the balance. 

Teachers who do not support these strikes may exercise their Janus Rights not to pay any fees to a government union and keep their jobs. Contact the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation for free legal help at NRTW.org or by calling 800-336-3600