University of California Sues Union to End Multi-Campus Strikes

The University of California has sued the union representing 48,000 of its graduate student workers to end rolling strikes at five campuses over the school’s response to protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

UC filed the lawsuit with the California Superior Court in Orange County, alleging that United Auto Workers Local 4811 is breaching the parties’ contract by calling tens of thousands of workers out on strike and causing “irreversible harm” to the university by delaying end-of-year grades.

“The breach of contract also endangers life-saving research in hundreds of laboratories across the University and will also cause the University substantial monetary ...