Current:Home > InvestUniversity of California accused of labor violations over handling of campus protests-LoTradeCoin
University of California accused of labor violations over handling of campus protests
View Date:2024-12-23 22:37:00
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they say was a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and campus protests across the state earlier this year.
The Council of University of California Faculty Associations made the allegations in a complaint filed last week with the state Public Employment Relations Board. Faculty associations at seven UC campuses co-signed the unfair labor practice charge, including Los Angeles, Irvine, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Davis and San Francisco, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
The council said UC administrators have threatened faculty for teaching about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and launched disciplinary proceedings for those supporting on-campus student encampments.
The group’s president, Constance Penley, described the university’s actions as a “relentless campaign to chill faculty’s exercise of their academic freedom and to deter them from teaching about the war in a way that does not align with the university’s position,” according to the Times.
Protest camps sprang up across the U.S. in the spring, including at UC campuses, as students demanded that their universities cease doing business with Israel or companies they said supported the war in Gaza.
California faculty have also been investigated for pro-Palestine social media posts, arrested for exercising their free speech rights and were surveilled and intimidated by university representatives, the state filing alleges.
The Times said that months after police cleared pro-Palestinian encampments at universities, the fallout has continued at campuses statewide, with university officials implementing new protest rules and student protesters grappling with ongoing suspensions and holds on their records.
The university system defended its actions. UC spokesperson Heather Hansen pointed to a university statement previously filed with the state labor board in response to an earlier filing by the UCLA Faculty Association.
The university stated that while it “supports free speech and lawful protests,” it must also “ensure that all of its community members can safely continue to study, work, and exercise their rights, which is why it has in place policies that regulate the time, place, and manner for protest activities on its campuses.”
The Public Employee Relations Board will review and evaluate the case, and decide whether to dismiss the charge or proceed with having parties negotiate a settlement. If no settlement is reached, the case would be scheduled for a formal hearing before an administrative law judge.
veryGood! (57)
Related
- Police cruiser strikes and kills a bicyclist pulling a trailer in Vermont
- Jack Flaherty trade gives Dodgers another starter amid rotation turmoil
- Horoscopes Today, July 30, 2024
- About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll
- Taylor Swift gifts 7-year-old '22' hat after promising to meet her when she was a baby
- Tesla in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist was using self-driving system, authorities say
- US-Mexico border arrests are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden’s presidency
- Paris Olympics highlights: Simone Biles and Co. win gold; USA men's soccer advances
- Voters in California city reject measure allowing noncitizens to vote in local races
- Former ballerina in Florida is convicted of manslaughter in her estranged husband’s 2020 shooting
Ranking
- Jenn Tran's Ex Devin Strader Throws Shade At Her DWTS Partner Sasha Farber Amid Romance Rumors
- Navajo Nation plans to test limit of tribal law preventing transportation of uranium on its land
- DUIs and integrity concerns: What we know about the deputy who killed Sonya Massey
- Minnesota attorney general seeks to restore state ban on people under 21 carrying guns
- Biden, Harris participate in Veterans Day ceremony | The Excerpt
- Golf Olympics schedule: When Nelly Korda, Scottie Scheffler tee off at Paris Games
- 'Tortillas save lives': Watch Texas family save orphaned baby bird named Taquito
- Snoop Dogg's winning NBC Olympics commentary is pure gold
Recommendation
-
FC Cincinnati player Marco Angulo dies at 22 after injuries from October crash
-
Hit with falling sales, McDonald's extends popular $5 meal deal, eyes big new burger
-
Biden prods Congress to act to curb fentanyl from Mexico as Trump paints Harris as weak on border
-
Arizona voters to decide congressional primaries, fate of metro Phoenix election official
-
Steelers shoot for the moon ball, but will offense hold up or wilt in brutal final stretch?
-
Duck Dynasty's Missy and Jase Robertson Ask for Prayers for Daughter Mia During 16th Surgery
-
2024 Olympics: Simone Biles Seemingly Throws Shade at MyKayla Skinner's Controversial Comments
-
It Ends With Us Author Colleen Hoover Teases What's Changed from Book to Movie