California State University Faculty Agrees to Strike Faculty members in the California State University system said Wednesday that they had approved plans for a two-day rolling strike at campuses all over the state. The California Faculty Association, which represents professors, lecturers and librarians at the system's 23 universities, has been negotiating with administrators for new contract for nearly two years. Union officials said that the strike was endorsed by 95 percent of the 12,500 members who voted last month. The rolling strike, which would not take place until the fall, would be the largest faculty strike in the state's history and would take place over two days at each campus, ultimately affecting more than 400,000 students. The state has cut roughly $970 million from the California State University system since 2008, and university officials have responded by lowering the number of students admitted and raising tuition 23 percent. The union has asked for a 1 percent raise and says that administrators have asked to freeze faculty salaries, which have not increased since 2008.