Students occupy RMIT Chancellory
by lisa Wednesday March 31, 2004 at 05:25 PM
lisafaa@yahoo.com

After a day of protest across the country, student occupy the RMIT Chancellory. Calls for solidarity.

Fellow union members and activists

Many, many students are currently occupying RMIT chancellory, on the 7th Floor of Building 101. They
have taken over the whole floor. The chancellory and staff have been cleared out.

They are protesting at the years of cuts to public funding of education, and at the recent dramatic increases to student fees across Australia. While RMIT has not yet uppped the fees, they have not yet ruled it out, and in fact have just returned from a weekend
retreat where they discussed how they might increase the fees.

In addition, the RMIT chancellory have been responsible for constant
and icious budget cuts in recent years. These attacks have created massive class sizes and staff with nervous breakdowns. RMIT is the right target then for such a protest.

Messages of solidarity to the students can be sent to me in the first instance, or posted on this board.

All activists are called to support the action:
Corner Russell and La Trobe Streets.
Melbourne.

Lisa
NTEU Delegate, IT Services
RMIT

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