#uom rent strike

[octarineblues]

ok so if you live in the uk, you might have heard of the student rent strike at the university of manchester.

(its all pretty badass, actually. theres over 600 people witholding rent for official student accomodation. the main strike group occupied several buildings, including the main administrative offices, for weeks)

here's the bbc northwest report on the strike from a few months ago (showing both the occupations and conditions in student accomodation). and a bbc article about student strikers being forcibly removed from the occupied building.

and the wikipedia entry on the strikes, which i didnt even know existed. it has all the sources you might need, tbh, tho it doesnt cover the most recent stuff from what i see.

a few days ago the news went out that the university will seek disciplinary action against some of the students - something that the uni is, according to their own rules, not allowed to do, but is a stalling tactic that might prevent the students from passing the year or graduating. this is after the uni fined those withholding rent and violently removed strikers from occupied buildings.

please consider supporting the rent strike - here is a letter in support of students undergoing the discicplinary action (you dont have to have to be in the UK or have anything to do with UoM to sign it!) and you can also support the strikers financially!

[fanfic-phoenix]

Living at home for unis pretty wild with the disconnect and all. Go on Twitter it's like: oh, there's coppers on campus and the rent strike has progressed to occupying a tower and STILL no proper communication from the uni so...