Graduate student teaching assistants and researchers at UC-affiliated universities have decided to go on a full-scale strike to protest the university authorities’ actions against students who have been participating in pro-Palestinian anti-war demonstrations on campus, causing disruption in class and exam schedules ahead of the final exam period for this year’s spring semester. I am concerned.<\/p>\n
According to the LA Times (LAT), the union representing 48,000 teaching assistants and researchers at 10 UC-affiliated campuses has decided to go on strike and begin a rolling strike starting from the UC Santa Cruz campus on the 20th. The day was revealed. The newspaper reported that the UC teaching assistant union is citing suppression of freedom of expression and violation of rights as the reason for this strike, rather than the usual issues related to wages or treatment.<\/p>\n
The UC teaching assistant union argued that the university authorities were responding unfairly to teaching assistants who supported the students’ pro-Palestinian protests and held a strike vote with 79% voting in favor of a circular strike. Anti-war protests on UC campuses have been intense at large campuses such as UCLA, UC Irvine, and UC Berkeley, but the UC teaching assistant union has decided to proceed with the strike starting at UC Santa Cruz, a small campus where protests have been held relatively quietly, the newspaper reported. reported.<\/p>\n
According to LAT, the union has not set a specific period for this strike and is indicating the possibility that it will be an indefinite strike. The newspaper reported that strike participants will receive union pay of $500 per week in exchange for not working at UC. However, controversy is expected to continue as UC authorities say that the UC union’s strike is illegal and are signaling a strong response.<\/p>\n
The university pointed out that this strike violates the strike ban clause in the agreement concluded in 2022. However, the union is countering that it has legal rights because the cause of this strike is related to unfair labor practices, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"