UCLA Academic Workers Strike Over Protest Response

The union wants amnesty for all academic employees and students who face arrest or disciplinary actions for protesting.

Pro-Palestinian students and activsts gather on the plaza in front of Royce Hall at the University of California Los Angeles on April 25, 2024. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

A rolling strike by unionized academic workers upset about the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests at various campuses came to UCLA May 28 as part of the second wave of union walkouts.

Workers represented by United Auto Workers Local 4811 had already been striking at UC Santa Cruz in what the union called the first wave of planned walkouts. The second round of strikes began Tuesday at UCLA and UC Davis.