Having recently become personally affected by the sagging global economy, I noticed this bit on students in Puerto Rico taking to the streets to protect their access to quality education.
Excerpt from Miami Herald: In an interview with The Miami Herald, university President José Ramón de la Torre and Board of Trustees president Ygri Rivera insisted that the strike did not have popular support. In an apparent reference to labor unions, Rivera said ``radical forces'' that seek to destabilize the university, are manipulating vulnerable students.
``This is not a strike,'' de la Torre said. ``A strike is an action by recognized protesters against an employer. This is a stoppage by students, where they went overboard. This whole thing has been unnecessary.'' The controversy began because 30 percent of UPR's 62,000 students get talent-based tuition waivers, but there was no established standard for distributing them
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/23/v-fullstory/1644735/student-strike-in-puerto-rico.html#ixzz0oxP3bwFz
