Word: striking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Right now we have 60 percent of the students on strike," said strike organizer Lisa Nelson, a junior. "We have the total support of the faculty, and the graduate students. It is not just the radical left that is doing this...
...some professors cancelled classes anyway, and many supported the strike by changing teaching plans. Some professors used class time to discuss state spending issues, took students outside to protests or moved courses to avoid crossing picket lines...
...executive committee of the MSP shares our students' outrage at the repeated cuts in the University budget and opposes any further fee hikes, staff reductions or budget cuts...We request that the faculty not penalize students who are participating in the strike, absences should be excused, assignments and tests postponed," the professors' society declared in a press release...
Nelson did not say how long the strike would last, but added that Amherst students are hoping to gather support from graduate students and other UMass campuses...
Amherst State Rep. Stan Rosenberg said he supports the strike "as long as it produces positive political action. Student activity throughout the last month has helped focus attention on higher education...