Proposed Bylaws

Our union needs to become more democratic, inclusive, and representative of the powerful union we have become. Starting in July, every CSUEU represented member will be asked to vote on a new set of bylaws. Read the proposed bylaws here.

Our union is now the largest and most powerful union at CSU. We are poised to win big. Our last staff contract covered 15,000 members. Since then, more than 20,000 Student Assistants and 1,200 Campus non-profit workers have joined our union. We are now 36,000-strong across California.

With our growth comes the opportunity to expand union democracy and our power as workers at CSU. Our union’s newest members are fighting for their first contract, and current CSUEU bylaws do not provide these members with any way to vote on the decisions that impact them, from dues, to contracts, to our future at CSU.

We must transform our union. When more workers can participate, vote, run for leadership, debate priorities, and make decisions, our union becomes stronger. The new Our Voice Our Union Bylaws:

• Establish a new regional structure, opening the doors to leaders elected by, for, and from all of our union’s bargaining units.
• Ensure that all members, not just elected officers, have a vote on dues increases.
• Enable members to vote on whether to strike.

The Our Voice Our Union Bylaws are the product of regional summits and hundreds of conversations over the past year, ensuring that every member is afforded full participation in our union.

The Our Voice Our Union Bylaws build a stronger, more united CSUEU and brings our governing bylaws into legal compliance to include both public and private sector members as our union grows.

Let us become a Union for All, making all the contracts we negotiate—for Staff, for Student Assistants, and for Campus Non-Profit Staff and Students—deliver the best wages and life improvements that we have ever seen.

We encourage you to review the Our Voice Our Union Bylaws at csueu.org/bylaws and prepare to vote YES for a more democratic, inclusive, and powerful union for all.