Friday, 18 December 2020, 4:05 pm
Students from at least 20 universities across
Britain are planning to to go on rent strike when they
return from the Christmas break – unless their
universities agree to negotiate on rent reductions. They
insist that they should not be made to pay premium rates.
Especially in the midst of a pandemic, when in-person
teaching and campus life is so limited.
In
November, there were successful mass strikes, leading the
University of Manchester to reduce halls rent by 30 per cent
for the autumn term. The success of campaigns so far has
created a movement across the UK. At least 20 rent strikes