{"id":33819,"date":"2024-05-19T12:05:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=33819"},"modified":"2024-05-19T12:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:05:32","slug":"uc-santa-cruz-grad-students-to-strike-monday-over-universitys-crackdown-on-pro-palestinian-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/19\/uc-santa-cruz-grad-students-to-strike-monday-over-universitys-crackdown-on-pro-palestinian-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Santa Cruz grad students to strike Monday over university\u2019s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UC Santa Cruz grad students plan to strike Monday in response to the university\u2019s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrators.Nic Coury\/Special to the Chronicle 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Jordan Parker<\/a>Updated\u00a0May 17, 2024 8:10 p.m. (SFChronicle.com)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A union representing about 2,000 UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers said its members will strike on Monday in protest of the University of California system\u2019s crackdown on pro-Palestinian encampments and student protesters, some of whom are represented university workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university\u2019s crackdown on \u201cpeaceful protesters\u201d amounted to \u201cunfair labor practices,\u201d according to UAW 4811, which represents 48,000 employees across the UC system. The union cited actions against protesters at UCLA and UC San Diego as cases in which it said the university trampled free speech rights of its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santa Cruz will be the first campus whose represented student employees will strike. The campus is on the quarter system and the spring quarter ends on June 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur members have been beaten, concussed, pepper sprayed, both by counter-protesters and by police forces,\u201d UAW 4811 said in a statement. \u201cAs a union, it is our responsibility to stand beside them and demand that UC stop committing these gross Unfair Labor Practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Momentum toward a strike had been building up throughout the week, and on Friday the union said <\/a>79% of members voted to authorize the strike \u201cif circumstances justify.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor many months, workers across California have protested the death, destruction, and human suffering in Gaza,\u201d Rafael Jaime, president of UAW 4811, the union representing the workers, said on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A UC Santa Cruz graduate student researcher, Douglas Grion Filho, said in the social media announcement: \u201cOver the last two weeks, UC has allowed appalling violence and intimidation against members of our academic community who exercised their right to protest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement Friday,\u00a0the University of California<\/a>\u00a0said it has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the state\u2019s Public Employment Relations Board against\u00a0UAW 4811, and requests its members \u201ccease and desist strike activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven UAW\u2019s publicly stated position and the subsequent potential impacts on our students and campuses, we are forced to take decisive action to ensure we can continue to fulfill our fundamental missions of teaching, research and public service,\u201d said Melissa Matella, Associate Vice President for Systemwide Labor Relations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day earlier, Matella said in a statement that the strike would violate a clause in the union\u2019s contract that states it cannot strike over nonlabor issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe respect and value a productive working relationship with our labor unions,\u201d Matella said. \u201cWe collaborate regularly to reach mutually beneficial agreements around employment terms. We have and continue to hope that UAW will honor the terms of our contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The union said it has filed additional unfair labor practices charges against UC for labeling the planned strike as \u201cunlawful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reach Jordan Parker: Jordan.Parker@sfchronicle.com<\/a>; Twitter: @jparkerwrites<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 17, 2024|Updated May 17, 2024 8:10 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Jordan Parker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BREAKING NEWS REPORTER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan Parker is a breaking news reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. He graduated from Sacramento State University in May 2022 with a degree in journalism. During his time there, he spent three years as a reporter and editor for the university’s award-winning student newspaper, The State Hornet. He spent his senior year of college serving as The Hornet’s first Black editor in chief, leading the organization to two Pacemaker awards and several other national honors from the Associated Collegiate Press. When he’s not chasing down a story, he likes watching movies, traveling and trying new restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UC Santa Cruz grad students plan to strike Monday in response to the university\u2019s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrators.Nic Coury\/Special to the Chronicle 2021 By\u00a0Jordan ParkerUpdated\u00a0May 17, 2024 8:10 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) A union representing about 2,000 UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers said its members will strike on Monday in protest… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33819"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33821,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33819\/revisions\/33821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}