The group is striking over what they call “unfair labor practices” and how UC schools handled pro-Palestinian protests.
Union workers at UCLA walked off the job Tuesday afternoon upset with how the university handled recent pro-Palestinian protests."Exercise your legally protected right to refuse labor and if necessary, stop work all together," said Dr. Beth Ribet, a UCLA lecturer.The United Auto Workers Local 4811 union represents almost 50,000 academic workers across the University of California system. The union protests Tuesday took place at UCLA and UC Davis.
"Workers at the university were injured and have been facing severe repercussions and consequences for that activity," said Kersten. "So, we’re demanding the university takes steps to remedy those."PREVIOUS COVERAGE:Some UCLA students expressed their frustration with the union’s labor strike."I don’t really understand how the union is turning this from a union labor dispute, into a protest for political means," said Jonathan Cohn, a UCLA student.
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