SSU staff rally for more support and fair wages

n April 17, student workers in the California State University system filed over 4,000 cards with the California’s Public Employee Relations Board declaring the formation of a student union that will help represent and fight on behalf of the 10,000 predominantly undergraduate student assistants who work throughout the CSU system’s 23 campuses. If successful, these students will be officially represented by the California State University Student Employee Union. This proclamation is the largest non-academic student organization effort in all of U.S. history.

Later that morning, students held a virtual press conference to announce their call to action, and would be joined by CSU academic and support staff unions, including California Faculty Association president Charles Toombs and- dressing issues like stagnant pay and limited 20-hour work weeks. A rally was held that day on SSU campus where protestors gathered at Ives 101 from 11:30 a.m. - noon, and from there, marched through Seawolf Plaza and the quad. This protest at Sonoma and the other 22 CSU campuses, also follows recent protests