2024 University of California academic workers' strike

The 2024 University of California academic workers' strike is a labor strike at several University of California campuses. The unions representing student teachers, researchers, and lab assistants stated that University of California administrators had violated their union contracts by calling police to end Gaza solidarity encampments.

University of California, Los Angeles pro-Palestinian campus occupation
At UCLA, teaching assistants, post-docs, and academic researchers went on strike in protest of the university's handling of a violent mob attack on pro-Palestinian students.

Strike authorization
On May 15, 2024, United Auto Workers Local 4811 authorized a strike.

Court order
On June 7, 2024, Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall J. Sherman ordered the Union to halt its strike due to it causing damage to students' education. UC lawyers brought the suit arguing the strike was causing "irreparable harm" to students' education before their final exams.