University of California academic workers strike to stand up for pro-Palestinian protesters

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Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday.

Police approach demonstrators inside a pro-Palestinian encampment on the UCLA campus, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles.

United Auto Workers Local 4811 represents 48,000 graduate students who work as teaching assistants, tutors, researchers and other academic employees on the 10-campus UC system. Organizers said the campuses will not strike all at once, opting instead for rolling strikes, to protest the arrests and forcible ejection by police of

The union is demanding amnesty for all academic employees, students and faculty who face disciplinary action or arrest due to the protests. It's also seeking divestment from UC’s investments in weapons makers, contractors and companies aiding Israel in its war against Hamas, among other issues. "They’re not everyday events, and maybe not even every year events," he said. “But they’re not unheard of.”The union's action may be surprising to some, but so was what happened at UCLA earlier this month, Higbie said. On May 1, police in riot gear ordered the dispersal of more than a thousand people gathered on campus to support Palestine, and warned that those who refused to leave would face arrest.

 

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