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The endless footage of protesters on the news might have ended, but there are still sit ins at universities out there. Though the last one still going might be coming to an end soon, due to a possession order and a hearing date in court set for the 7 the January.
The protest is over education cuts an it is said students in Kent have been in the building since 8th December, spending Christmas living off food parcels.
"The protesters have called on the university and its vice-chancellor Julia Goodfellow to condemn the government's plans publicly.
They have also demanded that she retract herself as signatory of a letter, published in the Daily Telegraph on 8 December, which opposed cuts but also supported government plans for university funding.
Professor Goodfellow has since written an open letter in which she again deplored the cuts to higher education funding, but the students said this did not meet their demands."-BBCThe endless footage of protesters on the news might have ended, but there are still... more
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"Gov. Rod Blagojevich ordered all state agencies Monday to stop doing business with Bank of America to try to pressure the bank into helping laid-off workers staging a sit-in at their shuttered factory.
The governor wants the North Carolina-based bank to use some of its federal bailout money to resolve the protest by about 200 workers at Republic Windows and Doors.
The sit-in began Friday and has fast become a symbol of the sour economy's impact on labor. The workers have promised to remain inside the plant in shifts until they get assurances they will receive severance and vacation pay.
"We hope that this kind of leverage and pressure will encourage Bank of America to do the right thing for this business," Blagojevich said from outside the plant. "Take some of that federal tax money that they've received and invest it by providing the necessary credit to this company so these workers can keep their jobs.""Gov. Rod Blagojevich ordered all state agencies Monday to stop doing business... more
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