UC Workers’ Strike Over Palestine Protests to Spread to Irvine

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 spread to two more campuses June 3, and will reach UC Irvine beginning June 5. Workers represented by United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811 hit the picket lines Monday morning at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, with UC Irvine workers set to join the lines Wednesday. The wave of strikes initially began at UC Santa Cruz, then spread last week to UCLA and UC Davis. The union represents 5,000 workers at UC Irvine and 8,000 at UC San Diego, along with 3,000 at UC Santa Barbara, according to the union. The union has 31,500 members at all six of the universities now targeted by the strikes....