California faculty at largest US university system launch strike for better pay Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. The strike follows seven months of contract bargaining for increased wages. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. The strike follows seven months of contract bargaining for increased wages. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Erica Morales and other members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. The strike follows seven months of contract bargaining for increased wages. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. The strike follows seven months of contract bargaining for increased wages. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. The strike follows seven months of contract bargaining for increased wages. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
FILE - Students walk past the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at the California State University, Los Angeles campus, April 25, 2019. Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., will hold a series of four one-day strikes starting Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, across four campuses to demand higher pay and more parental leave for thousands of professors, librarians, coaches and other workers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. The strike follows seven months of contract bargaining for increased wages. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Members of the California Faculty Association rally and picket during a strike at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Pomona, Calif. The strike follows seven months of contract bargaining for increased wages. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)