They expressed support for the students of (de), stated that the agenda of demands dialogues directly with the interests of the working class and.
The university students ask, among other things, for R$ 1,804 (a minimum wage in São Paulo), improvements in university restaurants and student housing and the expansion of quota policies.
“The strike occurs amid the advancement of policies to dismantle public universities promoted by the Government of the State of São Paulo, within a logic that prioritizes market interests to the detriment of social rights, the valorization of public service and the strengthening of education, science and public health”, say the centers.
In a manifesto signed this Saturday (9), the centers recognize the legitimacy of the strike as a historic instrument of struggle, demand an end to police repression against the strikers and call on unions, federations and confederations to actively provide solidarity with the movement.
The strike began on April 14, driven by students’ support for the civil servants’ strike, who protested against a grant granted to teachers without equivalent compensation for other categories.
The workers ended the movement after an agreement, but the university students continued to mobilize. On Thursday (7), to try to convince the Aluisio Segurado management to resume negotiations, which ended unilaterally at the beginning of the week.
In , Segurado stated that the strike may be driven by a political agenda external to the institution, citing the fact that, from the beginning, there were already calls for an act on May 20th against the government (Republicans).
The note is signed by CUT (Central Única dos Trabalhadores), Força Sindical, UGT (União Geral dos Trabalhadores), CTB (Central dos Trabalhadores do Brasil), CSB (Central dos Sindicatos Brasileiros), NCST (Nova Central Sindical de Trabalhadores), Pública, CSP Conlutas, Intersindical and Intersindical Instrumento de Luta.
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