University of California Sues Union Backing Campus Strikes

After graduate students and academic researchers went on strike at its campuses, the University of California system filed a lawsuit June 3 against the United Auto Workers 4811—the union representing the strikers—seeking a temporary restraining order. The university is arguing that the strikes—which have now spread to six campuses—are a violation of no-strike clauses in existing collective bargaining agreements between the union and the university. “The blatant breach of the parties’ no-strike clauses by UAW will continue to cause irreversible harm to the university as it will disrupt the education of thousands of students in the form of canceled classes and delayed grades,” Melissa Matella, associate vice president for Systemwide Labor Relations, said in a June 5 press release....