Judge Orders Halt to UC Workers’ Strike Over Response to Palestine Protests

Published on June 8, 2024

SAN DIEGO—An Orange County Superior Court judge Friday, June 7, ordered a halt to a strike by University of California academic workers who have been walking picket lines at a handful of campuses—including UC San Diego—to protest the response to pro-Palestinian protests. The university system filed suit earlier this week in hopes of stopping the strikes, following two unsuccessful attempts to obtain an injunction against the union from the state Public Employment Relations Board. “We are extremely grateful for a pause in this strike so our students can complete their academic studies,” Melissa Matella, UC associate vice president for Systemwide Labor Relations, said in a statement following the ruling by Judge Randall Sherman. “The strike would have caused irreversible setbacks to students’ academic achievements and may have stalled critical research projects in the final quarter....

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