Hundreds of Thousands of Quebec Students go on Strike

Submitted by Anon on 12 March, 2012 - 12:21

The battle over the tuition fee hike in Quebec is set to escalate after 130,000 students from various student organisations began another student strike today. They are expected to be joined by thousands more later in the week after hundreds of thousands of students voted in favour of an indefinite student "general" strike.

The strike is over the proposed 75% increase in tuition fees over the next five years. Free Education Montreal claims this would deny 30,000 students from low-income families and other socioeconomic groups their right to education.

The strike has been called by all of Quebec’s student associations, FEUQ/FECQ, ASSÉ, and TaCEQ, and follows on from the 200,000 strong student strike in November last year and in the wake of brutal police repression of student demonstrations.

For more information visit http://freeeducationmontreal.org/

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