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A state judge has ordered academic workers at the University of California to temporarily halt their weekslong strike over the war in Gaza

Thousands of academic workers on strike at the University of California were ordered by a state judge Friday to temporarily cease their weekslong strike over the war in Gaza. Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J. Sherman issued the emergency restraining order after UC lawyers argued that the ongoing strike would cause irreversible harm as students are nearing finals.

Officials say the strike is not related to employment terms and violates the union’s contract. But the union says it is protesting the treatment of its members, some of whom were arrested and forcibly ejected by police in demonstrations calling for an end to the war in Gaza. Rebecca Gross, a UC Santa Cruz graduate student and union leader, said Friday they are surveying rank-and-file workers on how to proceed. “The struggle is not over,” she said. “It really hasn't been confirmed yet ...

 

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