Faculty, staff and students at Cal State San Bernardino rallied Feb. 5 in support of campus maintenance and skilled trades workers preparing to strike later this month, accusing California State University leadership of denying negotiated raises while approving higher pay for executives.
Maintenance workers represented by Teamsters Local 2010 are scheduled to picket from Feb. 17 through Feb. 20 after voting overwhelmingly to authorize what union leaders described as an unfair labor practice strike. The union represents approximately 1,100 skilled trades employees across the 22-campus CSU system, including electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians and other facilities workers responsible for maintaining campus infrastructure.
Ernesto Torres, a CSUSB facilities project supervisor and vice president of Teamsters Local 2010, said workers are seeking raises they believe were already secured through contract negotiations…