"Under the pretense of addressing antisemitism at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Trump administration has demanded terms that would violate the constitutionally protected free speech and association rights of faculty, students, and staff and fundamentally remake the UC system to align with the president's ideology,"
"Agreeing to this settlement would be devastating for researchers, healthcare workers, and the whole UC community,"
"We're already understaffed and under-resourced. Surrendering this money to Trump would send a terrible moral signal to people who work here and could trickle down to impact patient care."
A coalition of labor groups sued the Trump administration, alleging the administration used civil rights laws as a coercive cudgel to attack the University of California system and the rights of union members. The lawsuit challenges demands tied to a proposed $1.2 billion settlement with UCLA that seek restrictions on campus protest, changes to speech and association protections, and other terms the groups say would remake UC policy to match presidential ideology. Labor and faculty leaders warn the settlement would harm researchers, healthcare workers, students, and staff, worsen understaffing and resource shortages, and chill protected expression across UC campuses.
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