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Vol. 74/No. 21      May 31, 2010

 
University of Puerto Rico
students strike
Militant/Ron Richards

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Thousands marched here to back students on strike at 10 of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses May 7. The students are fighting a plan to reduce the number of students who get tuition waivers, to increase fees, and what they fear are initial attempts to privatize the university. Sign says, “We have proposals, we have chairs, sit down to negotiate.”

After 3,000 students at a May 13 assembly voted by an overwhelming majority to continue the strike, which began April 21, cops surrounded the Río Piedras campus to prevent food or water from reaching striking students. Major unions organized actions May 18 in support of the students.

—RON RICHARDS

 
 
 
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