The California Faculty Association and California State University system have reached a tentative agreement less than one day after the systemwide strike that began Jan. 22. 

The tentative agreement includes raising the salary floor for the lowest paid CSU faculty, expanded parental leave, and improved access to gender-inclusive restrooms and lactation spaces, according to a press release from the faculty union.

“The collective action of so many lecturers, professors, counselors, librarians, and coaches over these last eight months forced CSU management to take our demands seriously. This Tentative Agreement makes major gains for all faculty at the CSU,” CFA President Charles Toombs said in the faculty union press release. 

Faculty across the CSU campuses, including California State University, Bakersfield, joined the picket lines early Monday morning. The faculty union, which represents approximately 29,000 CSU faculty members, has called off all strikes for the remainder of the week. CSUB faculty are expected to return to work, and students should plan to attend all of their classes on Jan. 23, according to a campus wide email from Lori Blodorn, CSUB associate vice president and chief human resources officer.

“I am extremely pleased and deeply appreciative that we have reached common ground with CFA that will end the strike immediately,” said CSU Chancellor Mildred García in a CSU press release on Jan. 22. “The agreement enables the CSU to fairly compensate its valued, world-class faculty while protecting the university system’s long-term financial sustainability.”

The faculty union will vote on whether to accept the tentative agreement in following weeks, the faculty union press release states.