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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

‘Zoom picketing’: students protest Sydney University staff cuts by disrupting online tutorials

Signs promoting Zoom picketing that read
Sydney University students promoting the tactic of Zoom picketing during their physical picket of an entrance to the university. Photograph: NTEU

Sydney University has threatened students striking for better staff working conditions with suspension for shutting down online tutorials via the new digital protest tactic of “Zoom picketing”.

As students blocked seven entrances to the campus across Thursday and Friday, dozens more logged in to online tutorials with distributed links. The university had recommended teachers move their sessions to virtual meeting platform Zoom to avoid being impacted by the strikes.

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