The Senate Education Committee passed SB 566, a bill that will restore 5% salary steps for 20,000 California State University support staff.
State Sen. Connie Leyva (D-Chino), author of the bill, addressed the Committee on March 10, noting that the CSU is “the only state agency to eliminate salary steps for support staff and is currently the only state agency that does not provide salary steps. As a result, staff have not been able to progress in an equitable manner compared to their counterparts.”
Sen. Leyva shared that new hires, on average, earn about $780 per month more than their peers who do the exact same jobs.
“This marginalization isn’t only unfair, it’s demoralizing for the hardworking employees that keep our CSU system functioning,” said Sen. Leyva.
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