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

Campus authorities argue digital disruption is not protected action' and unlawful' while activists say they were forced into the creative tactic

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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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