CSU Teamsters Show Their Power on the Picket Line at 22 Campuses

Teamsters picketed at 22 California State University campuses across the states including the Chancellor’s office, most in pouring rain, sleet, or hail, during their historic week-long strike. 

After paying two years of the contractual raises, the CSU refused to pay raises in 2025, claiming they had the right to reopen the contract with Teamsters Local 2010 because the state didn’t fully fund the CSU.

Across all 22 campuses, trucks were turned away, and construction sites were shut down, impacting daily campus operations across the state in a big way. Leaks went unfixed, buildings flooded, elevators were out of order, pipes stayed clogged, and more, with reports of supervisors panicked as they tried to maintain campus infrastructure amid torrential rain, hail, and snow, exposing CSU’s greed, dishonesty, and mistreatment of workers. 

“I’m incredibly proud of the strength, determination, and leadership our members showed during our historic strike last week,” said Jason Rabinowitz, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 2010.  “We had virtually universal compliance with our strike. Our members stood strong and ran effective, disciplined pickets at every location – even in the face of CSU’s lies and intimidation, in the face of rain, wind, cold, snow, and even hail. We showed CSU power like they have never seen before and exposed CSU’s greed and mistreatment of workers for the whole world to see. With the power we have built through our strike, we will continue our fight for fair pay at CSU until we win!”, Rabinowitz said.