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The education school at University of California--Los Angeles has an application deadline of Dec. 1. The application fee for the education program at University of California--Los Angeles is $135. Its tuition is full-time: $12,264 per year (in-state) and full-time: $27,366 per year (out-of-state). The University of California--Los Angeles graduate education program has 44 full-time faculty on staff with a 6.4:1 adjusted ratio of graduate students to faculty.

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Police descend on UCLA after protesters erect new pro-Palestinian encampment

M ore than two dozen officers in riot gear descended on UCLA Thursday afternoon, facing off with pro-Palestinian protesters who had erected a new encampment on campus hours earlier.

The move came amid escalating tensions between pro-Palestinian students and their faculty allies and administrators on the Westwood campus. The academic workers union announced Thursday that its ongoing strike over working conditions would expand to UCLA and UC Davis on Tuesday.

Union members contend that their free speech rights were violated when UC system leaders called on police to forcibly remove pro-Palestinian encampments at several campuses, including at UCLA.

“It’s a very fraught, violent environment that the administration has created here," said Vincent Doehr, a graduate student and union member. “The disruption to campus today is coming from administration shutting down this entire area due to an encampment that’s simply in the courtyard of one building."

What started as a small group of protesters setting up a few tents on the Kerckhoff patio Thursday morning had grown to several hundred supporters, including academic union members, outside the encampment by the afternoon. Police pushed back the crowd, which eventually retreated to another area of campus near Murphy Hall, and tore down the encampment and wood pallets surrounding it.

A campus spokesperson said no arrests had been reported by Thursday afternoon. It was not clear whether anyone had been injured.

Video from the scene showed protesters marching through Dodd Hall chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." A Palestinian flag hung from a second floor window of Dodd Hall.

Sebastian Cazares, a UCLA grad student and a local education and civil rights organizer, said the new encampment was set up to show that "police repression could not stop this movement."

“Despite the fact that this is a peaceful movement, they’re still learning no lessons and sending out militarized law enforcement in response," he said.

Doehr said he hoped the strike would prompt the university to "negotiate in good faith with the movement for divestment, rather than calling the police on students every time they protest."

According to the union, dozens of academic workers are still facing criminal charges, disciplinary action or both. Many are barred from campus, the union said, including campus housing and classes they may teach or attend.

Hours before police arrived, campus officials had warned those in the encampment to disperse or face potential disciplinary and legal action.

"Law enforcement is prepared to arrest individuals, in accordance with applicable law," administrators wrote in a letter to protesters. "We remain committed to supporting the safety and well-being of Bruins, supporting the free expression rights of our community, and minimizing disruption to our teaching and learning mission."

By the afternoon, a handful of students in kaffiyehs sat outside the north end of the encampment, sharing drinks and snacks. They were there to show support for the protesters, one said. A small crowd gathered on the south end of the encampment, some holding signs that said “UAW rank & file workers for Palestine.” Protesters marched in a circle outside the nearby Mathematical Sciences Building, chanting “free Palestine.”

Police tape blocked off the entrance to the encampment and officers prevented people from entering the area. At one point, protesters surged past the police tape to deliver water to the site. Classes held in the buildings surrounding the encampment were shifted online.

Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck and Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Safety Rick Braziel said in a statement that the "demonstrators' activities — including erecting barricades, establishing fortifications, and blocking access to parts of the campus and buildings — are disrupting campus operations."

The police response to the encampment came on the same day that UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, who has led the university amid months of tense protests over the Israel-Hamas war, testified before a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism.

Dana Kopel, a second-year PhD student at UCLA who is a supporter of Palestinian solidarity actions on campus, said the congressional inquiry is "part of the larger process in the U.S. to frame antisemitism as a means to suppress student protest and the justification for the violent suppression of student protests at UCLA and elsewhere."

Some Jewish students on campus said they felt intimidated by the initial encampment as protesters scrawled graffiti such as "Death 2 Zionism" on campus buildings and blocked access. The phrase "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," which is frequently used at protests, has also been seen as antisemitic among certain groups, including the Anti-Defamation League.

Kopel said students involved in the protests have "remained steadfast" in their support for Palestinians and their goal to end the bloodshed in Gaza.

"So many of these students faced such intense violence just a few weeks ago," Kopel said. "I think that's why there's a real effort to communicate that the risks of this are high. The university has made it clear and the government has made it clear that they want to suppress the solidarity movement at all costs."

In early May, more than 200 people were arrested on the UCLA campus as police dismantled tents and pushed out protesters in a clash that lasted hours. The police operation capped two days of upheaval on the campus that began when school officials declared the encampment "unlawful" and continued when a group of pro-Israel counterprotesters attacked the camp, with police taking hours to stop the violence.

Rafael Jaime, a UCLA graduate student and local union president, was at the encampment during the attack in late April and witnessed first-hand what he said was the university's inaction.

“I was there for many hours while the university stood by and allowed the attack to continue,” he said. “The university has engaged in very serious unlawful behavior that resulted in many of us getting hurt.”

UCLA officials have been sharply criticized over their handling of the situation. UCLA Police Chief John Thomas on Wednesday was removed from his post and reassigned over security failures that led to violence at the encampment. Thomas, who did not return phone calls this week seeking comment, defended his actions in a previous interview and said he did the best he could.

UCLA, like other universities across the country, has emerged as a hotbed of pro-Palestinian activism in recent months.

Students, faculty and staff have erected makeshift camps and demanded an end to Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and that their universities divest from companies that sell weapons or services to Israel. Several camps, including one at Cal State Los Angeles , remain active. Others, including one at USC and another at UC Irvine , have been dismantled by police in recent weeks.

Union leaders have demanded protection for free speech on campus; amnesty for all academic employees, students, student groups, faculty and staff who face disciplinary action or arrest due to participation in protests; and divestment by the university from “weapons manufacturers, military contractors and companies profiting from Israel’s war on Gaza.”

In response, the university has asked the state labor board to seek a court injunction to halt the strike, contending that the action is illegal.

UCLA graduate student and elected union leader Anny Viloria Winnett said it’s essential that workers go on strike to stand up for a safe environment and free speech.

“There is no existential threat larger for a union than not being able to speak our mind and protest,” she said.

Times staff writers Jaweed Kaleem, Richard Winton and Teresa Watanabe contributed to this report.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times .

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Heads nodded as the Bruins listened. They knew what needed to happen: a rally.

But knowing it and doing it, especially against Oklahoma ace Kelly Maxwell, proved to be two different things Saturday.

UCLA didn’t muster a runner in the seventh, going down in order as the second-seeded Sooners defeated the sixth-seeded Bruins 1-0 in a winner’s bracket game at the Women’s College World Series.

UCLA (43-11) will face Stanford in a must-win game at 4 p.m. PT Sunday.

The Bruins managed just two hits against the Sooners (56-6), and neither went for extra bases. Maxwell struck out 11 and held UCLA’s first three hitters in the lineup to an 0-for-10 day.

“She’s a great pitcher,” said Bruin standout Maya Brady, who went 0-for-4 and struck out three times. “She’s their ace. Obviously, they’re at this point because of her.

“Sometimes, it’s not your day. Sometimes, it’s the pitcher’s day.”

Even though the Bruins struggled to hit Maxwell, UCLA still had chances.

In the third inning, Maxwell hit the first batter and walked the second. She then struck out Brady and induced an infield pop-up from Jadelyn Allchin, which was an automatic out because of the infield fly rule. But Sooners second baseman Alynah Torres lost the ball in the sun.

It knocked off her sunglasses and hit her in the face, which sent Torres to the dugout with an injury and moved the runners up a base. Maxwell got out of the jam with a strikeout of Sharlize Palacios.

UCLA again had a runner in scoring position in the fifth inning after a walk and a sacrifice bunt. But Maxwell again got out of it with a strikeout of Brady and a flyout from Allchin.

Maxwell played escape artist in the sixth, too, when a single and walk gave UCLA runners on first and second with only one out. Maxwell got Savannah Pola to fly out to left, then struck out pinch-hitter Ramsey Suarez to end the threat.

“Our ability to slow the game down is something we’ve been good at,” Inouye-Perez said. “I didn’t see a lot of that in the early parts of the game. … But we did get some runners on and put some pressure on them, as well.”

But Maxwell never cracked.

“Kelly decided to throw one of the best games of her life today,” Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said.

Many of UCLA’s swings and misses came when Maxwell threw off-speed pitches.

“I think it’s really important whenever you’re playing a team like UCLA,” Maxwell said of mixing speeds. “They have really good hitters, top to bottom. You always got to keep them off balance and change your timing.”

While she was befuddling the Bruins, the UCLA pitchers did the same to the Sooners much of the day.

Kaitlyn Terry started, went four innings and was solid against one of the nation’s best offenses. She allowed only three hits, struck out four and walked three.

But one of the hits she surrendered was the difference. On the first pitch of the bottom of the third inning, former St. Anthony’s High star Tiare Jennings rocketed the ball over the right-center wall. It just cleared Bruin center fielder Janelle Meoño’s glove.

Later in the inning, Meoño got one. She snagged what would’ve been a home run by Sooners slugger Kasidi Pickering, crashing into the wall but pulling the ball back into the field of play.

Terry, a freshman, seemed unfazed throughout her outing, something that made Inouye-Perez compare her to former UCLA standout Rachel Garcia.

“She’s a competitor. She’s accountable. She’s developed in a very short time,” Inouye-Perez said of Terry. “But to have that confidence is something that’s tough to teach, especially on this kind of stage against that kind of offense.”

Taylor Tinsley, a sophomore, replaced Terry heading into the fifth inning, and she was stout, too. In two innings of work, she allowed only one hit and struck out two.

“They’re young pitchers,” Gasso said. “They did not come in feeling intimidated by us or anything. You knew that right from the start. They just pounded the zone, were making us chase, making us look.”

She glanced down at a box score for a moment.

“When I’m looking at these numbers, they’re almost identical with the exception of Tiare’s home run,” Gasso said. “It was quite a matchup.”

UCLA must now bounce back, something it hasn’t had to do in more than a month. Saturday was its first loss since losing at home to Arizona on April 27.

UCLA must beat Stanford to stay alive in the double-elimination WCWS.

Good news for the Bruins: They swept the Cardinal during the regular season.

“They’re a great team,” Brady said. “We faced them three times obviously, faced NiJaree (Canady, Stanford ace) twice. She’s a great pitcher. We’re just going to have to go out and have quality at-bats and be one pitch better than we were today.”

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Carrying “On Strike” pickets and some wearing kaffiyehs, academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis walked off the job Tuesday, alleging their rights were violated by the University of California’s actions during pro-Palestinian protests and encampment crackdowns.

United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents 48,000 graduate student teaching assistants, researchers and others at the 10 UC campuses and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, launched the rolling strike last week at UC Santa Cruz. The walkouts unfold at a critical time in the academic year, as classes end and capstone projects, finals and grading are ahead — work in which union members play a key role.

At UCLA on Tuesday morning, a growing group of university workers marched in front of Royce Hall chanting “Our university” and “Union power.” Many held signs that read “UAW on strike” and several wore kaffiyehs, traditional Middle Eastern scarf, to show solidarity with the pro-Palestinian movement.

Picketers temporarily blocked the entrance to at least one visitor parking structure, turning some cars away. A representative approached motorists attempting to turn in to the structure to request they respect the picket line and offered suggestions for other nearby parking lots.

As private security guards monitored the protest from all angles, the marchers continued to chant: “UC, UC, you’re no good, treat your workers like you should!” Some students walking to classes, paused briefly to watch the action or snap a photograph before going about their days.

UCLA union leaders said Tuesday afternoon they have not yet determined the number of members who walked out and did not have data on canceled classes. The UAW represents more than 6,200 workers at UCLA.

UCLA did not move classes online, as did UC Santa Cruz. On its website, UCLA officials said they expected the strike “may cause minor disruptions to campus operations as they picket this week and in the future.” The strike was authorized until June 30.

Many classes at UCLA appeared to be continuing in person Tuesday. However, a few undergraduate students told The Times that their discussion sections had been canceled.

Mary Osako, UCLA’s vice chancellor of strategic communications, said in a statement that students are preparing for finals this week and the university is focusing on supporting them.

“They’re paying tuition and fees to learn, and we’re dismayed by deliberate outside disruptions that may get in the way of that. Students want to hear their professors teach, not the piercing sounds of trumpets, drums and slogans being shouted right outside their classroom windows,” Osako said.

Anny Viloria Winnett, academic student employee unit chair of UAW 4811 at UCLA, called for more than minor disruptions during the rally, saying the strike will continue until their demands are met.

“We need amnesty for our colleagues,” Viloria Winnett told the group. “If your boss is mad at you, good!”

The academic workers contend that their free speech rights were violated when university leaders called on police to forcibly remove pro-Palestinian encampments at several campuses and activists at UCLA were not protected from an attack on the camp by counterprotesters for hours. Police later dismantled the UCLA encampment , making about 200 arrests, including some members of the striking union.

The expanded strike is one of the biggest actions by an American labor union in support of Palestinians and comes as college leaders face scrutiny for calling in police in riot gear to clear pro-Palestinian encampments. The strike could include up to three more campuses as early as Friday, according to the union.

Sam Hunter, a UCLA teaching assistant, said it was “disgusting” how the university called in police during the protests on campus.

“How the university chose to respond to that is why I’m out here today,” he said into a megaphone, as union supporters cheered him on.

Among the crowd were about a dozen graduate student worker guild members from USC, who shared concerns about what one, Maile McCann, called a “militarized response” to campus protests instead of negotiations and bargaining.

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12:37 p.m. May 29, 2024 An earlier version of this story quoted Maile McCann, a USC graduate student worker, as saying the “labor market” is at an inflection point. She said the “labor movement.”

“We’re at a total inflection point in the labor movement right now,” McCann, a USC civil engineering graduate student worker, said. “The fact that they’re taking a stand to hold their university accountable is historic.”

The UC-AFT, the union representing lecturers, who teach about a third of all undergraduate classes in the UC system, has asked its members not to do the work that would normally be done by those on strike.

“Doing this labor could diminish the impact and power of their strike, but also it sets a worrying precedent in accepting an increase to our own workload. It would signal that UC-AFT members, who are already overtaxed and overburdened, are able to pick up more work at a moment’s notice,” the union said.

At UC Davis, where the UAW represents more than 4,600 academic workers, a late-morning rally was scheduled to take place on the quad.

An Instagram post by Davis Popular University for the Liberation of Palestine, a group behind the pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Davis, called Monday night for “No school while genocide is happening! We encourage everyone to skip classes and come show their support with the UAW workers for as long as the strike goes.”

UC officials charge the walkouts are illegal. However, their urgent request to the state labor board to immediately halt the strike was rejected by the panel, which ruled on Thursday that UC’s allegations did not meet the legal standard for intervention.

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Rafael Jaime, the president of UAW 4811, was at the UCLA encampment during the attack in late April and witnessed the violence. He praised the labor board’s denial of UC’s injuction request, saying it “proves that no employer gets to make up its own rules.”

Demands of union leaders include the protection of free speech on campus; an amnesty for all academic employees, students, student groups, faculty and staff who face disciplinary action or arrest due to participation in protests; and divestment by the university from “weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and companies profiting from Israel’s war on Gaza.”

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University officials have asserted the strike is unlawful because the goal is “to pressure the university to concede to a list of politically motivated demands closely linked to the protests occurring across California and the nation.”

The union on May 10 filed charges with the state labor board related to the treatment, university discipline and arrests of union members at UCLA and other campuses, including UC San Diego and UC Irvine . The charge accuses the universities of retaliating against the workers and unlawfully changing workplace policies to suppress pro-Palestinian speech.

UC also filed an unfair labor practice charge with the labor board, alleging that the union’s decision to walk out was in violation of the no-strike provision in its collective bargaining agreements. Both charges are pending.

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The strike comes amid continuing upheaval on UCLA’s campus.

On Thursday, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and two other university presidents testified in Washington before the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce, which is investigating antisemitism on campuses throughout the country. In his opening remarks to the panel, Block said that, “with the benefit of hindsight,” the university should have acted to “immediately remove” the encampment that pro-Palestinian protesters established in late April “if and when the safety of our community was put at risk.”

Block was also questioned about complaints that Jewish students were prevented from accessing parts of campus by pro-Palestinian protesters.

Later that day, more than two dozen officers in riot gear responded to the campus to remove a new, small encampment that protesters had erected.

The last UC academic workers strike, at the end of 2022, resulted in an agreement for significant salary increases and improved benefits.

Times staff writer Howard Blume contributed to this report.

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