Month-long student strike at the University of Puerto Rico.
Little reported in the North American media, students at the University of Puerto Rico have been on strike for over 25 days.
The issue is budget cuts.
Puerto Rico Daily Sun:
An extraordinary assembly in which about 2,000 people participated on Thursday approved continuing the student strike that has paralyzed the Universidad de Puerto Rico for more than three weeks.
The strike was launched to protest a cut of $100 million in the university’s budget.
The assembly, convened by the General Council of Students to demand from the Negotiating Committee information about the status of the talks, voted to maintain the protest for an indefinite period despite the fear expressed by some participants about the possible loss of the school year.
More on University of Puerto Rico student strike.
In response to the previous post, I received the following:
[The following message from San Juan was sent late Friday by José A. Laguarta Ramírez, a former CUNY Grad Center student and presently member of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors (APPU). Note: A number of important Puerto Rican unions have called a major workers' strike in support of the UPR strike this coming Tuesday. A solidarity rally has been called here in New York for Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.at the Puerto Rican government office at 135 West 50th Street (between 6th & 7th Aves.) in Manhattan.]
Subject: UPR UNDER SIEGE: SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKING STUDENTS URGENTLY NEEDED!!!
Yesterday, a massive student assembly ratified, with near unanimity, the ongoing 24-day system-wide strike at the University of Puerto Rico.
Events, however, took an ugly turn this morning, when riot police surrounded the breadth and width