University union authorizes strike over response to Gaza protests

The union that represents University of California academic workers announced Wednesday that it had authorized a work stoppage over the administration’s crackdown on Gaza protests on campus.

Members of United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents more than 48,000 academic workers, graduate students, postdocs, and researchers, voted to approve a strike following the arrests of hundreds of demonstrators, including union members, at UCLA and the University of California at San Diego in recent weeks.