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| Court orders UC academic workers to temporarily halt strike over war in Gaza |
| 2024-06-09 |
| [IsraelTimes] 48,000-strong union argues members were mistreated in crackdown on anti-Israel encampments Thousands of academic workers at the University of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, were ordered by a state judge on Friday to temporarily cease their weekslong strike over the war in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... . Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J. Sherman issued the emergency restraining order after UC lawyers argued that the ongoing strike would cause irreversible harm as students are nearing finals. The university system sued United Auto Workers Local 4811 on Tuesday even though both sides have competing unfair practice labor claims pending before the California Public Employment Relations Board, which declined twice to issue an emergency injunction. The union, which represents 48,000 graduate students who work as teaching assistants, tutors, researchers and other academic employees on the 10-campus UC system, started its strike on May 20 in Santa Cruz. The strike has since expanded to UC campuses in Davis, Los Angeles, Irvine, Santa Barbara and San Diego. Melissa Matella, associate vice president for labor relations, expressed gratitude for the order, saying in a statement that the ongoing strike would have set back students’ learning and possibly stalled critical research projects. Officials say the strike is not related to employment terms and violates the union’s contract. But the union says it is protesting the treatment of its members, some of whom were arrested and forcibly ejected by police in demonstrations calling for an end to the war in Gaza. Rebecca Gross, a UC Santa Cruz graduate student and union leader, said Friday that the union was surveying rank-and-file workers on how to proceed. "The struggle is not over," she said. "It really hasn’t been confirmed yet ... that what we’re doing here is illegal in any way." On May 1, police in riot gear ordered the dispersal of more than a thousand people gathered on campus to show support for the Paleostinian people, and warned that those who refused to leave would face arrest. The night before, police had waited to intervene as pro-Israel counter-protesters attacked the pro-Paleostinian encampment, causing injuries. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 ^Too bad the court can't order the UC academic workers to take test in their speciality. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-06-09 12:43 |
| #3 too bad the court can't order the UC academic workers to live in Gaza |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-06-09 12:31 |
| #2 No-strike clause in their contract. Fire em |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-06-09 08:41 |
| #1 They're on strike. It's summertime. Who cares? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-06-09 08:03 |