UC Santa Cruz Graduate Student Workers Go On Strike
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Their union said they’re protesting the university’s “unlawful behavior” amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
Hundreds of graduate student workers at the University of California Santa Cruz went on strike Monday in response to the UC system’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests, their union announced Monday.
United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents academic workers, said the walkout was aimed at the university’s “unlawful behavior,” including summoning the police to “forcibly arrest and eject” demonstrators ― actions the union maintains violate their rights as workers.
It was not clear how long the strike would last or whether it would spread to other campuses in the UC system.
“For many months, workers across California have protested the death, destruction and human suffering in Gaza,” the union said in a video statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Over the last two weeks, UC has allowed appalling violence and intimidation against members of our academic community who exercised their right to protest.”
UC Santa Cruz did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
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