The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. May 14, 2024 University of California Union Could Strike to Protest Violent Crackdown on Campus Encampments ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In other labor news, unionized workers at the University of California have begun voting to authorize a strike to protest the violent crackdown on Gaza encampments at UCLA and other UC campuses. UAW said, "Our members have been beaten, concussed, pepper sprayed, both by counter-protestors and by police forces." .