From May 1 to 5 the National Tertiary Education Union, the NTEU, called a national week of action with stop work rallies across Australia’s public Universities.

On Wednesday May 3^rd Victorian NTEU members took part in a 24hr strike, with members from Monash, University of Melbourne, RMIT University, La Trobe, VU and Deakin University Branch all joining at Trades Hall in Carlton, for a stop work meeting and rally. First up some of the members tell us why they were there.