The California Faculty Association (CFA), a union representing nearly 30,000 of the states public university staff, has launched a weeklong strike over demands for better salaries and other improvements to working conditions.

Instructional faculty, librarians, counselors and coaches walked off from all 23 California State University (CSU) campuses the nations biggest public university system with around 460,000 students on Monday after negotiations with CSU management fell apart last month. Members picketed outside campuses despite heavy rain throughout the state.