UNISON members will be among those waving 9,000 glow sticks to symbolise
government plans to hike up university tuition fees to £9,000, as part of
student protests across the country tomorrow and Thursday.
University staff, student nurses and other public sector workers, will join
students in taking a stand against the savage plans during a series of
regional rallies on the 8 December.
On Thursday (9 December), UNISON members will be lobbying their MPs at
Parliament, before a rally at the Victoria Embankment at 3pm. As it turns
dark, the protestors will be waving the glow sticks.
Christina McAnea, UNISONÕs Head of Education, said:
ÒIt is a disgrace that poorer children will be put off from going to university,
as higher education becomes the preserve of the rich.
ÒLib Dem MPs voting on the tuition fees on Thursday must dig deep into their
consciences and stand by their pre-election pledge to vote against increasing
tuition fees.
ÒAt the same time as hiking up fees, the government is cutting university jobs
and services, withdrawing education loans, axing means-tested grants and
making huge cuts to further education. The government is dealing out blows
to students from all angles, but we will be backing them in their fightback.Ó