2024 University of California academic workers' strike explained

2024 University of California academic workers' strike
Place:	California, United States
Date:	May 20, 2024 - June 7, 2024
Side1:	United Auto Workers Local 4811
Side2:	University of California

The 2024 University of California academic workers' strike is a labor strike at several University of California campuses. The unions representing student teachers, researchers, and lab assistants stated that University of California administrators had violated their union contracts by calling police to end Gaza solidarity encampments.^[1]

Background

University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation

See main article: 2024 University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation. At UCLA, teaching assistants, post-docs, and academic researchers went on strike in protest of the university's handling of a violent mob attack on pro-Palestinian students.^[2]

Strike authorization

On May 15, 2024, United Auto Workers Local 4811 authorized a strike.^[3]

Court order

On June 7, 2024, Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J. Sherman ordered the Union to halt its strike due to it causing damage to students' education.^[4] UC lawyers brought the suit arguing the strike was causing "irreparable harm" to students' education before their final exams.^[5]

Notes and References

Web site: California academic workers strike in support of pro-Palestinian protests . Al Jazeera . 8 June 2024.
Web site: UCLA academic workers go on strike in support of pro-Palestinian protests . The Guardian . Reuters . 16 June 2024.
Web site: University of California Workers Authorize Strike in Rebuke Over Protest Crackdowns . May 15, 2024 . Wolfe . Jonathan . . May 15, 2024.
Web site: Judge orders temporary halt to UC academic workers' strike over war in Gaza . ABC News . Associated Press . 16 June 2024.
Web site: Timotija . Filip . Judge orders University of California workers to pause strike over Israel-Hamas war . The Hill . 16 June 2024.