The University of California Los Angeles is one of nine schools in the UC system where lecturers plan to strike this week over what they call unfair labor practices. - Dreamstime/Dreamstime/TNS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Lecturers at nine UC campuses throughout the state participating in a two-day strike, canceling their classes Wednesday and Thursday in a protest against what they call “unfair labor practices.” The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, which represents the UC lecturers, says its members are walking out of their classrooms to take action against “bad-faith bargaining” by UC President Michael Drake’s administration. Over the weekend, 91% of the union’s members voted to authorize the strike. The union has been in negotiations with the UC administration for mor...
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