The union’s motion to increase their wage claim to the CPI plus 2.5 per cent per year responds to skyrocketing costs of living.

USyd staff are fighting the corporate university — students must support them and attend the strikes in week 11 and 13.

The strikes represent a step forward in the NTEU’s enterprise bargaining negotiations.

In a year that will likely see strike action on campus, 50 students gathered last Thursday outside Fisher Library for the Education Action Group’s (EAG) first protest of 2022.

Why you should hate our Vice-Chancellor.