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UCLA workers to strike over university handling of Gaza protests

Both UCLA and the University of California at Davis would expand on a UAW strike that began Monday at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

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Updated May 23, 2024 at 2:11 p.m. EDT|Published May 23, 2024 at 1:39 p.m. EDT
A pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Students joined in solidarity with the university workers who went on strike over the crackdown on protests and over what they say were violations of free speech rights. The workers are part of the United Auto Workers. (John G Mabanglo/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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Academic workers will walk off the job at UCLA and the University of California at Davis next Tuesday to protest the university system’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations, the UAW announced Thursday.

The expanded strike marks an escalation of a work stoppage that began Monday at the University of California at Santa Cruz, disrupting classes and pushing the university to move instruction remote in recent days. But the university system’s administration has called the strike “illegal” and has filed for a court-ordered injunction to end the strike.