{"id":182193,"date":"2026-02-18T00:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182193\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:33:07","slug":"csu-skilled-trade-workers-go-on-strike-demand-raises-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/182193\/","title":{"rendered":"CSU skilled trade workers go on strike, demand raises \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 1,000 skilled trade workers for the California State University system began a strike Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2026\/01\/28\/why-teamsters-will-strike-csu-campuses-in-february\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to protest what they called \u201cCSU\u2019s refusal to honor contractually promised raises and step increases<\/a> for its workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The members of Teamsters Local 2010 include plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, locksmiths and other building maintenance staff. Pickets were held at 22 CSU campuses statewide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny disruptions to campus operations will be a direct result of CSU\u2019s refusal to pay contractually promised raises,\u201d Teamsters officials said.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO SEE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2026\/01\/28\/why-teamsters-will-strike-csu-campuses-in-february\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why Teamsters will strike CSU campuses in February<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The union contends that the CSU system is falsely claiming that a shortage in state funding, but has \u201cgiven out huge increases to overpaid executives,\u201d is \u201csitting on billions in reserves\u201d and received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2025\/09\/09\/unions-rally-in-long-beach-to-urge-csu-to-accept-state-loan-provide-raises\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a low-interest state loan to fund worker raisers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Above, members of the Teamsters Local 2010 picket outside Cal State University's Chancellor's Office in Long Beach for higher wages and benefits on Nov. 18, 2025. About 1,100 union skilled trades workers with the Teamsters are preparing to strike 22 California State University campuses on Feb. 17-20. (Courtesy of Teamsters Local 2010)\" width=\"2048\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/OCR-L-CSU-TEAMSTERStwo-0129-01.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5539185\" \/>Above, members of the Teamsters Local 2010 picket outside Cal State University&#8217;s Chancellor&#8217;s Office in Long Beach for higher wages and benefits on Nov. 18, 2025. About 1,100 union skilled trades workers with the Teamsters began striking on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, at 22 California State University campuses. (Courtesy of Teamsters Local 2010)<\/p>\n<p>CSU officials released the following statement in response to the strike:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CSU values its employees and remains committed to fair, competitive pay and benefits for our skilled trades workforce through the collective bargaining process with the Teamsters. It is unfortunate that the Teamsters is advancing false claims to justify a strike, harming both their members and the broader university community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgreements matter. The Teamsters agreed, in writing, to reopen bargaining if a certain level of new, ongoing funds were not received in 2025. That\u2019s exactly where we are. The CSU has been bargaining in good faith, and we urge the Teamsters to honor their commitment and return to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 1,000 skilled trade workers for the California State University system began a strike Tuesday to protest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[387,7,8,15,2306,6974,131,133,132,137,100],"class_list":{"0":"post-182193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-education","12":"tag-higher-education","13":"tag-labor-unions","14":"tag-long-beach","15":"tag-long-beach-headlines","16":"tag-long-beach-news","17":"tag-los-angeles-county","18":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}