UC Workers Strike Over Pro-Palestinian Protests to Spread to Irvine, San Diego

Published on June 1, 2024

IRVINE, Calif.—A rolling strike by unionized academic workers upset about the University of California’s (UC) response to pro-Palestinian protests at various campuses will spread to three more campuses next week, including UC Irvine, union officials said Friday. According to United Auto Workers Local 4811, workers will hit the picket lines Monday morning at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, with UC Irvine workers joining the lines Wednesday. The wave of strikes began at UC Santa Cruz, and then spread this week to UCLA and UC Davis. According to the union, UAW represents 5,000 workers at UC Irvine and 8,000 at UC San Diego, along with 3,000 at UC Santa Barbara. The union has a total of 31,500 members at all six of the universities now targeted by the strikes....

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