The nurses of the Albany Medical academic health sciences center went on strike after complaints of having to reuse N-95 masks and were locked out of the hospital after attempting to unionize. At 7:00 P.M., more nurses were locked out after they attempted to return for the night shift. The NY State Nurses’ Association stated that nurses only wanted a fair contract, and would continue demonstrations until this was done.
Chilean protesters in Talcahuano barricaded the Almirante Neff to demand the resignation of Piñera, against standardized testing at universities, and the freedom of political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising.
Anarchists in Ankara University took to the streets with an attendance of ~40 people against the 39th university of the Council of Higher Education (Yükseköğretim Kurulu), or YÖK for short. It has been widely criticized for presenting an educational program which presents the Turkish state in an extremely favorable manner.
Demonstrators in Seattle gathered in protest of the sweep of Cal Anderson Park by police, attempting to stop the department from destroying the property of the unhoused. Police responded with brutality, causing several injuries and arresting a total of 21 people. Most of the belongings of the unhoused people of the park were seen thrown in dumpsters.
Thousands of students in Thessaloniki returned to the streets for a demonstration demanding the repeal of a law passed by the Greek Ministry of Education which would allow police to re-enter university campuses for the first extended period since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1973-1974 following a disastrous war and a student uprising.
