Sonoma State faculty picket at the University’s main entrance on East Cotati Avenue on Monday,
January 22nd; part of a system wide strike by the California Faculty Association.
Faculty at Sonoma State University walked off the job Monday as their union went on strike across all 23 campuses in the state university system.
Classrooms sat quiet but the professors spoke loudly as Sonoma State faculty and maintenance workers took to the picket lines on the first day of spring instruction at the 5,800 student campus.
SSU faculty are joining with members of the California Faculty Association for the strike.
Elaine Newman, a math professor at SSU, said some 90% of faculty at the school are participating in the strike.
“We’ve had very little traffic coming into campus,” Newman said. “We did a huge amount of organizing before this morning happened. Faculty have been communicating with their students, we’re going on strike. We’re shutting this campus down ’cause we’re fighting for a better CSU for our students and ourselves.”