LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a> assts <a href="https://c.im/tags/StudentWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentWorkers</span></a> on <a href="https://c.im/tags/UCLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCLA</span></a> campus repped by <a href="https://c.im/tags/UAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UAW</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> have voted to authorize a strike "in response to UC's unprecedented acts of intimidation and <a href="https://c.im/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> directed at our rights as academic employees to free speech, protest, and collective action. Our members have been <a href="https://c.im/tags/beaten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beaten</span></a>, concussed, <a href="https://c.im/tags/PepperSprayed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PepperSprayed</span></a>, both by counter-protestors and by <a href="https://c.im/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> forces. As a union, it is our responsibility to stand beside them and demand that UC stop committing these gross Unfair Labor Practices," the UAW said. UAW Local 4811 is demanding that UC grant <a href="https://c.im/tags/amnesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amnesty</span></a> to academic <a href="https://c.im/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a> and staff in disciplinary actions related to campus <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> protests. </p><p><a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/05/16/University-California-strike-Gaza-protests/2441715870438/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/05/16</span><span class="invisible">/University-California-strike-Gaza-protests/2441715870438/</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/UniversityOfCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfCalifornia</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>