{"id":8903,"date":"2012-04-04T21:05:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T05:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/?p=8903"},"modified":"2012-04-04T21:05:04","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T05:05:04","slug":"uqam-resorts-to-intimidation-against-striking-montreal-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2012\/04\/uqam-resorts-to-intimidation-against-striking-montreal-students\/","title":{"rendered":"UQAM Resorts to Intimidation Against Striking Montreal students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8904\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/news\/Demonstration+dispersed+cops+make+about+arrests+highly+mobile+student+protesters+rove+through\/6409104\/story.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8904\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8904\" title=\"MontrealStudents 4-4-12\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/files\/2012\/04\/MontrealStudents-4-4-12-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/files\/2012\/04\/MontrealStudents-4-4-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/files\/2012\/04\/MontrealStudents-4-4-12.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Anne Sutherland, The Gazette<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <em>Montreal Gazette<\/em> reported that the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al obtained a temporary injunction Wednesday ordering the strikers to allow employees and other workers to enter the university\u2019s buildings and residences unimpeded. \u00a0The UQAM is &#8220;fed up with striking students blocking access and harassing staff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Strikes and protests continue to escalate across the province and 71 students were arrested today in Montreal\u00a0for storming the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. &#8220;Two security guards at the hotel were injured in the melee. A buffet table was overturned and dishes were smashed. \u00a0A crowd of fleet-footed students estimated at 100 or more later roved through downtown Montreal, tieing up traffic and chanting their opposition to the planned university-tuition hikes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/news\/UQAM+gets+injunction+against+striking+Montreal+students\/6409104\/story.html#ixzz1r8f9Rsxp\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Gazette<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montreal Gazette reported that the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al obtained a temporary injunction Wednesday ordering the strikers to allow employees and other workers to enter the university\u2019s buildings and residences unimpeded. \u00a0The UQAM is &#8220;fed up with striking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/2012\/04\/uqam-resorts-to-intimidation-against-striking-montreal-students\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1527,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[555,2265,2266,2270,2271,5038,2273],"tags":[1288926,1288954,1288961],"class_list":["post-8903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-speech","category-organizing","category-protests","category-solidarity","category-strikes","category-student-movement","category-students","tag-free-speech","tag-protests","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1527"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8905,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8903\/revisions\/8905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/workplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}