"UC Academic Workers Strike at UCLA and UC Davis Over Protest Response"

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"UC Academic Workers Strike at UCLA and UC Davis Over Protest Response"
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The UAW 4811 union, representing 48,000 University of California academic workers, is calling for strikes at UCLA and UC Davis in response to the universities' handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The union alleges that the UC system infringed on free speech and mishandled the situation, leading to arrests of union members. The UC system's request to stop the walkout was denied, and the strike announcement coincided with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block's testimony on campus antisemitism.

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