University of California Students OK Strike Over Protests (1)

Thousands of unionized graduate student workers at University of California campuses across the state are poised to walk off the job after members voted to authorize leadership to call a strike, escalating tensions stemming from the university’s response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents the students, said Wednesday that 79% of participating members approved the strike authorization.

It would be the fourth work stoppage among UC graduate student workers. The last one, in November 2022, was the largest strike in the history of higher education—all 48,000 members walked off the job for six weeks, ...