ANU staff/student strike

Wednesday, June 3, 1998 - 10:00

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ANU staff/student strike


By Will Williams

CANBERRA — More than 200 Australian National University staff and
students braved the frosty 7.30am start for a strike and rally here on
May 29. The action, the latest in a campaign to oppose staff and course
cuts at ANU, was called jointly by the National Tertiary Education Industry
Union and the ANU Students' Association, and endorsed by the ACT Trades
and Labor Council.

 

The arts faculty stands to lose 12 permanent staff and five on contract
will not be renewed.

A picket line was positioned under a huge banner declaring “Save ANU”.
Hundreds of leaflets explaining the cuts and the importance of the strike
were distributed. Many cars and delivery trucks turned away after reading
the information. Police threatened to book drivers who made u-turns from
the picket line. 

From GLW issue 320