Summer Budget Action Leads to Member Raises

Earlier this summer, Governor Newsom signed the state’s main budget bill for 2024-25. The approved state budget ensured that there were no cuts to the ongoing base budget of the CSU for 2024-25. Therefore, our 2024-25 re-opener contract increases were preserved, including the 5-percent General Salary Increase (GSI) for all faculty, effective July 1, 2024.

CSU management is continuously processing retroactive payments. Most Unit 3 employees should see the GSI in their next paycheck and soon receive the July retroactive payment. For more information, read our latest Faculty Rights Tip, “Understanding Our Raises for AY 2024-2025.” 

Read our prior Faculty Rights Tip on how to access your salary information and verify that your raise(s) are processed correctly. For reference the salary schedule can be found here. You can also check Cal Employee Connect to verify that you are receiving these payments. If you still have not received pay after September, reach out to your campus representative.

CFA member activists and statewide officers regularly attended budget committee hearings and made our presence felt at Lobby Days to make sure that the governor and legislators understood that funding the CSU had to be a priority. We want to thank the governor and legislators for following through on their commitments to public higher education.

The approved 2024-25 state budget included significant cuts to critical agencies and programs. Various cuts to public agencies and social services are imperiling the most vulnerable in the state. We are deeply concerned about how these cuts will impact historically marginalized communities; for example, reductions in funds devoted to affordable housing and delaying a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 healthcare workers. A proposal to grow the Cal Grant by 137,000 students and a more modest proposal were rejected.

As part of our ongoing budget advocacy, we will continue to join with our union siblings to ensure that future budgets do not jeopardize the well-being of our most vulnerable residents and undermine the efforts of families and individuals to find a path out of poverty and thrive. CFA members will continue to demand and work to create an equitable, inclusive, and just California for everyone.