The Eboard of UAW Local 4811 decided on Friday, May 17, the first campus of the University of California to strike will be Santa Cruz, on Monday, May 20.
In response to the announced Unfair Labor Practice strike by UAW Local 4811 at UCSC, the UC announced in a press release, the UC filed a ULP with the state Public Employment Relations Board “asking the state to order UAW Local 4811 and its bargaining unit members to cease and desist strike activity.”
UAW Local 4811, by way of X, formerly Twitter, said that 79 percent of the participating members voted yes to authorize the Eboard to prepare for striking if justified and on Friday, May 17, the Eboard will evaluate which campus or campuses will “Stand Up (strike).”
United Auto Workers Local 4811 members are voting, from Monday, May 13 through Wednesday, May 15, to authorize the union’s Executive Board to call a strike if necessary.
The union represents 48,000 academic student employees, postdocs and researchers at the UC.
The union on Friday, May 3, filed an Unfair Labor Practice against the University of California in response to the arrests on UC San Diego and UCLA campuses of protesters, including union members at the Gaza Solidarity encampments at the campuses.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 at its May Day stop work meeting voted unanimously for a resolution to support a complete labor boycott of Israel.
The resolution will be submitted to the ILWU Coast Caucus and the International convention in June.
ILWU Local 10 represents longshore workers in San Francisco, Oakland, Redwood City, Richmond, Benicia, Crockett and Port Chicago.
The story was published May 4 by the Labor Video Project. According to the Labor Video Project, it has been publishing since 1983.
Barry Saks 