Today's strike was awesome. We had a great turnout of students and staff, and we were able to show the university management that we are united in our opposition to their attacks on our working conditions and their way of doing things.
The functions of the university rest on the shoulders of students and staff and staff, after cuts to their numbers, cuts to their resources, and attacks against students and staff's intellectual autonomy, we are now being offered a real-terms paycut by university management.
Well we said no. Students and staff reject the exploitation of our ranks and have shown you the importance of our labour!
The Tertiary Education Union and PSA called a strike across Waipapa Taumata Rau, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, and Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki (Auckland, Massey, Canterbury, Lincoln).
We met at 2pm-3:30pm at the General Library, Alfred Street.
Other universities: Massey: From 12:30pm at Concourse, Manawatū Campus; Main Entrance, The Pyramid (between Blocks 4 and 5A), Wellington Campus; and the Atrium Entrance, Albany Campus. Canterbury: From 1pm outside the Central Library, Puaka James Hight Building. Lincoln: From 1pm at the University Library, Ivey Hall.