About 30 workers are involved in the dispute, involving those working in house maintenance.

"This is pulling back on a promise that the CSU made," Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis told striking workers Tuesday.

Maintenance workers at California State University campuses are on strike, according to a media release from Teamsters Local 2010, which represents more than 1,100 workers across the state. The union says the workers are striking to demand regular step increases, which they claim they won in a 2023 strike but have not yet received.

More than 1,000 skilled trade workers across the California State University system began a statewide unfair labor practice strike Tuesday. The workers – plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians, locksmiths and other building maintenance staff – are on strike at 22 campuses across the state.

About 1,300 nurses and support staff at MarinHealth Medical Center plan to stage a one-day strike on Wednesday, citing stalled contract negotiations over wages and healthcare benefits.

Penn’s graduate student workers have reached a tentative agreement on a first union contract, averting a strike. The two-year tentative agreement includes increases to wages among other benefits. “I am so proud of what we were able to accomplish with this contract,