Student-Worker Strike Repercussions - Part 24 (no prosecution)

Remember the student-worker demonstration at UC-San Diego that disrupted an alumni function? From CourtHouse News:

The University of California on Tuesday dropped misconduct charges against 59 students involved in union protests and promised not to pursue felony charges against three students accused of writing "living wage now" on a campus building during a demonstration in May. Academic workers, graduate students, researchers, student employees who work in academic support roles like teachers’ assistants, tutors and graders at University of California campuses across the state went on the largest education strike in U.S. history late last year. Represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW), the students won new contracts that were supposed to raise their wages by 80% and double the length of parental leave, among other things. But the union contends that the university hasn’t abided by the contracts and is actively trying to circumvent them.

Protesting students at the University of California-San Diego walked onto the stage of an alumni ceremony event at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in May. The university claimed the activists bumped into the university's chancellor, Pradeep Khosla, but students said there was no physical contact, and that they only stood by Khosla and spoke into a microphone attached to a podium. In June, the university sent those involved in that action letters alleging violations of student misconduct rules that could lead to expulsion.

Then, on June 29, UCDS police arrested three students at their homes. They were held in county jail and told they would face charges of felony vandalism and conspiracy to commit a crime after the university claimed they wrote “living wage now” on a campus building during a protest in May. The UAW says the message was written in chalk. In July, the students were scheduled to be arraigned in a downtown San Diego court, but the university ended up not filing charges and said that an investigation was still ongoing.   

According to a joint press release put out by both the union and the University of California, the union agreed to accept accountability for the protest, the vandalism and violating school policy in exchange for the university not pursuing misconduct charges or legal action against the students...

Full story at https://www.courthousenews.com/university-of-california-agrees-to-drop-charges-against-student-union-organizers-in-san-diego/.