Academic Workers to Strike Against University of California Over Handling of Campus Protests

Published on May 19, 2024

After a union representing academic workers in the University of California (UC) system voted to strike against the university over school administrators’ handling of ongoing pro-Palestinian protests, UC Santa Cruz will be the first campus to see a walkout on Monday, the UAW 4811 announced May 17. In response, UC filed an unfair labor practice complaint with California’s Public Employment Relations Board Friday, requesting the state to order the union to stop any strike activity. In a letter to campus community, UC Santa Cruz’s Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer said academic workers—most of whom are graduate student employees—are “free to exercise their rights [to express their views] so long as such participation does not conflict or interfere with their work responsibilities and does not violate university policies.”...

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