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

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

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz walked off their jobs and went on strike Monday, the first campus to do so as part of a systemwide protest against a public university they say has violated the speech rights of pro-Palestinian advocates. 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. Rebecca Gross, a UC Santa Cruz graduate student in literature and union leader, said at least 1,500 people were on strike Monday and had no plans to return to work until the union reaches a deal with the university. “Our primary goal is to minimize the disruptive impact, especially given the many educational and research challenges that have affected students and researchers in recent years,” he said in an email.

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UC service and hospital workers launch two-day strike over contract talks
1 month ago

UC service and hospital workers launch two-day strike over contract talks

LA Times  

Workers picket in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 during a two-day strike by patient care and service workers alleging unfair bargaining tactics by the University of California. A union representing nearly 40,000 University of California workers began a two-day strike Tuesday to protest what it claims is bad faith bargaining …

Faculty accuse UC campuses of labor violations over pro-Palestinian protest crackdowns
3 months ago

Faculty accuse UC campuses of labor violations over pro-Palestinian protest crackdowns

LA Times  

Faculty across the state have accused the University of California system of carrying out a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and protests in violation of state labor law. At the news conference, Constance Penley, president of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, described the university’s actions as a “relentless campaign to chill faculty’s exercise of their academic freedom and …

California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order
6 months, 2 weeks ago

California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order

Hindustan Times  

By Steve Gorman California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order LOS ANGELES, - Thousands of University of California academic workers who went on strike at six campuses protesting administrators' response to pro-Palestinian protests returned to the job on Monday under court order, but their union vowed more protests to come. Unionized academic researchers, graduate teaching assistants and …

Judge halts UC academic workers’ strike, citing ‘damage to students’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge halts UC academic workers’ strike, citing ‘damage to students’

LA Times  

Academic workers at six UC campuses, including UCLA, above, are on strike after alleging their rights were violated by the university during crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests. An Orange County judge Friday ordered the union representing UC academic workers to halt its strike at six campuses, ruling that the walkout appeared to be causing “damage to students’ education” during the critical …

Denied again: UC fails a second time to get court order to stop academic workers’ strike
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Denied again: UC fails a second time to get court order to stop academic workers’ strike

LA Times  

Academic workers at UCLA on strike last week. “We are disappointed that the state agency dedicated to the oversight of public employment could not take decisive and immediate action to end this unlawful strike — a decision that harms UC’s students who are nearing the end of their academic year,” said Melissa Matella, UC’s associate vice president for systemwide labor …

Big expansion of UC strike over pro-Palestinian protests: Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara next
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Big expansion of UC strike over pro-Palestinian protests: Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara next

LA Times  

Academic workers at UCLA picket on Tuesday, alleging their workers’ rights have been violated by University of California actions during pro-Palestinian protests and encampment crackdowns. The UC union representing 48,000 graduate teaching assistants, researchers and other academic workers said Friday that it would expand its ongoing strike next week by calling on thousands of workers at UC San Diego, UC …

How pro-Palestinian protests led to a massive UC strike, injecting new fuel into antiwar activism
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How pro-Palestinian protests led to a massive UC strike, injecting new fuel into antiwar activism

LA Times  

Striking members of the UC Santa Cruz academic workers union and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs in front of the Santa Cruz campus May 20. Academic workers on strike at UCLA, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz chanted this week about “workers rights under attack,” referring to pro-Palestinian union members who were arrested and suspended after recent protests. “Because if, for …

Kaffiyehs and pickets: UCLA, UC Davis workers strike over treatment at pro-Palestinian protests
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kaffiyehs and pickets: UCLA, UC Davis workers strike over treatment at pro-Palestinian protests

LA Times  

Academic workers at UCLA went on strike Tuesday, saying their rights were violated by UC actions during pro-Palestinian protests. Carrying “On Strike” pickets and some wearing kaffiyehs, academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis walked off the job Tuesday, alleging their rights were violated by the University of California’s actions during pro-Palestinian protests and encampment crackdowns. At UCLA on Tuesday …

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California

NPR  

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California More University of California academic workers are expected to go on strike Tuesday in response to the treatment of pro-Palestinian protestors on campus. LEILA FADEL, HOST: The pro-Palestinian and anti-Gaza war student activism at University of California campuses has spread to include academic workers. I mean, the strike started at this one …

UC worker strike to hit UCLA, Davis next. A looming question: Is this walkout legal?
7 months ago

UC worker strike to hit UCLA, Davis next. A looming question: Is this walkout legal?

LA Times  

The University of California academic workers’ strike is expected to amp up Tuesday with walkouts at UCLA and UC Davis after a state labor board declined to immediately stop it, ruling that a university complaint did not meet the legal standard required for its intervention. UCLA and UC Davis — it’s time to Stand Up.” Issues at stake The academic …

UC seeks injunction to halt strike as academic workers threaten to expand walkouts
7 months ago

UC seeks injunction to halt strike as academic workers threaten to expand walkouts

LA Times  

University of California officials are seeking a court order to end immediately a strike by academic workers that is underway at UC Santa Cruz and could spread to others campuses in the system. Demands of union leaders include the protection of free speech on campus, an amnesty for all academic employees, students, student groups, faculty and staff who face disciplinary …

UC academic workers’ strike begins as pro-Palestinian activism enters new phase
7 months ago

UC academic workers’ strike begins as pro-Palestinian activism enters new phase

LA Times  

Hundreds of academic workers at UC Santa Cruz became the first to walk off their jobs Monday, a rolling strike that immediately disrupted university operations as picketing union members forced classes online and restricted access to campus. Jack Davies, a striking 34-year-old graduate student studying the history of consciousness, said that, “at a minimum,” he hoped “to send a message …

UC officials charge that academic workers’ strike over pro-Palestinian protests is illegal
7 months, 1 week ago

UC officials charge that academic workers’ strike over pro-Palestinian protests is illegal

LA Times  

As the 48,000-member UC academic workers union announced a Monday strike at UC Santa Cruz over alleged free speech violations during pro-Palestinian protests, the University of California on Friday filed a labor complaint to stop what they say is an illegal action, heightening tensions roiling the university system. The targeting of UC Santa Cruz came after 79% of voting members …

‘Maximize chaos.’ UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests
7 months, 1 week ago

‘Maximize chaos.’ UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests

LA Times  

Unionized UC academic workers picket in November 2022. The union representing 48,000 graduate student teaching assistants, researchers and other academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses has voted to authorize a strike, alleging that its workers’ rights have been violated at several universities by actions against pro-Palestinian protests, union leaders announced. Rafael Jaime, the union’s co-president and a …

California State University student workers vote to unionize, creating largest such union in country
10 months ago

California State University student workers vote to unionize, creating largest such union in country

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Undergraduate student workers at California State University voted to join a union to negotiate better pay, sick time, paid parking and other benefits with the university, creating the largest such union in the country, officials announced Friday. The California Public Employment Relations Board said 7,252 student workers submitted electronic ballots between Jan. 25 and Feb. 22, with …

California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike
11 months ago

California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — California State university faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers struck at the nation’s largest public university system, their union announced. “The agreement enables the CSU to fairly compensate its valued, world-class faculty while protecting the university system’s long-term financial sustainability.” The systemwide work …

Thousands of CSU faculty vow to ‘shut down’ campuses in first systemwide strike
11 months ago

Thousands of CSU faculty vow to ‘shut down’ campuses in first systemwide strike

LA Times  

Members of the faculty union at Cal State Los Angeles brave the elements Monday morning as they begin a one-week strike. “Our intention is to shut down the university,” said Gregory Brown, president of the Cal State Fullerton chapter of the California Faculty Assn. “For the majority of students, there’s a feeling of not wanting to cross the line,” said …

California faculty at largest US university system could strike after school officials halt talks
11 months, 2 weeks ago

California faculty at largest US university system could strike after school officials halt talks

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Faculty at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., could stage a systemwide strike later this month after school officials ended contract negotiations Tuesday with a unilateral offer of a 5% pay raise, far below what the union is demanding. “After 20 minutes, the CSU management bargaining team threatened systemwide layoffs, walked out …

UC strike causes union organizing surge for academic workers
1 year, 11 months ago

UC strike causes union organizing surge for academic workers

LA Times  

Piril Nergis is a doctoral student at USC but joined picket lines at UCLA to support the recent strike of University of California academic workers. And at the Rand Corp.’s graduate school in Santa Monica, David DeSmet said he and fellow doctoral students were inspired to organize with the United Auto Workers after reading about UC graduate student researchers forming …

University of California, workers reach deal to end strike
2 years ago

University of California, workers reach deal to end strike

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The University of California reached an agreement Friday with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could potentially end a monthlong strike — the largest of its kind in the nation — at the prestigious state system. “In addition to incredible wage increases, the tentative agreements also include …

UC faces tumultuous finals week as strike reaches pivotal moment
2 years ago

UC faces tumultuous finals week as strike reaches pivotal moment

LA Times  

When 48,000 University of California academic workers went on strike in mid-November, Stacy Fahrenthold joined them on the picket line. “If TAs grading because they’re on strike, I cannot go forward with the final grade assessment.” At UCLA on Tuesday, Meia Schram, a second-year student studying applied math, said two of her finals were changed to include material only from …

Read our full coverage of the UC academic workers’ strike
2 years ago

Read our full coverage of the UC academic workers’ strike

LA Times  

About 48,000 unionized academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses walked off the job on Nov. 14, calling for better pay and benefits. The workers include teaching assistants, postdoctoral scholars, graduate student researchers, tutors and fellows and perform much of the teaching and research at the state’s premier higher education system. The University of California and its postdoctoral …

UC postdoctoral scholars and researchers reach tentative deal but strike continues
2 years ago

UC postdoctoral scholars and researchers reach tentative deal but strike continues

LA Times  

The University of California and its postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers reached a tentative agreement Tuesday that would elevate their pay to among the highest in the nation — but they won’t return to campus yet in solidarity with some 36,000 graduate student employees who remain on strike. At a news conference Tuesday, Sweeney said the tentative deal would put …

Chaos over grades, finals and ongoing classes erupts as UC strike continues
2 years ago

Chaos over grades, finals and ongoing classes erupts as UC strike continues

LA Times  

UCLA junior Sania Tuli is worried that she’s missing material she’ll need when she takes her medical college admission exam next year. UC Riverside senior Nathalie Boutros fears she is falling behind in a class required to graduate because she hasn’t been able to find help during the massive strike of 48,000 University of California academic workers. The nation’s largest …

Nearly a week into UC strike, little bargaining progress, but support for workers grows
2 years, 1 month ago

Nearly a week into UC strike, little bargaining progress, but support for workers grows

LA Times  

Menelik Tafari, a fourth-year urban schooling graduate student at UCLA, walked off the job Monday with about 48,000 other University of California academic workers to strike for better pay and benefits. Ryan King, a spokesperson for UC, pointed out that the university’s latest proposal eliminates the two lowest salary steps for graduate researchers, which would amount to significant increases for …

48,000 University of California academic workers on strike
2 years, 1 month ago

48,000 University of California academic workers on strike

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands of academic employees across the University of California’s 10 campuses walked off the job Monday, demanding better pay and benefits in what union leaders say could be the largest work stoppage the prestigious public university system has ever faced. “The strike will end when UC ends its unfair labor practices and starts bargaining in …

Low pay, rising costs push 48,000 University of California academic workers to the picket line
2 years, 1 month ago

Low pay, rising costs push 48,000 University of California academic workers to the picket line

LA Times  

Academic workers strike at UCLA on Monday for better pay and benefits for teaching assistants, postdoctoral scholars, graduate student researchers, tutors and fellows. The 48,000 workers make up four UAW bargaining units, which each represent a different group of academic workers: postdoctoral scholars, academic researchers, graduate student researchers and academic student employees, which includes teaching assistants and tutors. UC officials …

48,000 University of California academic workers on strike
2 years, 1 month ago

48,000 University of California academic workers on strike

The Independent  

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Photos: UC postdoctoral scholars and researchers reach tentative deal but strike continues
2 years, 1 month ago

Photos: UC postdoctoral scholars and researchers reach tentative deal but strike continues

LA Times  

The University of California and its postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers reached a tentative agreement Tuesday that would elevate their pay to among the highest in the nation — but they won’t return to campus yet in solidarity with some 36,000 graduate student employees who remain on strike. Demonstrators picket at UCLA as nearly 48,000 University of California academic workers …

48,000 California academic workers strike for higher wages
2 years, 1 month ago

48,000 California academic workers strike for higher wages

Al Jazeera  

US student-workers head to picket line amid a cost-of-living crisis that has left many struggling to afford housing. Los Angeles, California – More than 48,000 academic workers in the University of California system have gone on strike over what they say are unfair labour practices and low wages. “Solidarity with the 50,000 University of California academic workers on the picket …

UC Irvine academic workers join systemwide strike for better pay and benefits
2 years, 1 month ago

UC Irvine academic workers join systemwide strike for better pay and benefits

LA Times  

UCI students walk in support of 48,000 unionized academic workers across the University of California system who went on strike on Monday morning. While the UC has given their chancellors a real wage increase, they propose to give us a real wage decrease.” Two UCI students walk Monday morning in support of unionized academic workers across the University of California …

UC officials call for mediator as strike by 48,000 academic workers causes systemwide disruptions
2 years, 1 month ago

UC officials call for mediator as strike by 48,000 academic workers causes systemwide disruptions

LA Times  

The UC strike is calling for better pay and benefits for teaching assistants, postdoctoral scholars, graduate student researchers, tutors and fellows. “UAW members at UC remain on strike, and we will be walking picket lines tomorrow,” Rafael Jaime, president of United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents 19,000 of the 48,000 workers, said Monday night. The university’s current proposal “would …

Editorial: A strike by UC academic workers would tarnish the prestigious university system
2 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: A strike by UC academic workers would tarnish the prestigious university system

LA Times  

If the University of California and 48,000 academic workers fail to reach an agreement on pay increases and other benefits in the next few days it may tarnish a higher education system long seen as the best in the country. That’s when the workers, including teaching assistants, tutors, postdoctoral scholars and other academic employees, are prepared to strike, which means …

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