The California Faculty Association (CFA) is an American labor union that represents lecturers, professors, counselors, librarians and coaches from the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU).

After the State Employer-Employee Relations Act of 1978 was passed in California allowing for union representation of state employees, two unions competed to become the exclusive bargaining agent of the CSU.

The first equity conference was organized in 2004 and the keynote was delivered by Justice Cruz Reynoso about CA Proposition 209 and its impact on students of color in the CSU.

[7][8] On 22 January 2024, the CFA went on strike to protest low starting pay among other issues.

The university leaders said that the system already spends 75% of their budget on staff compensation and that they cannot afford a 12% increase in pay.