Strike on 10 March: university to remain open
In March, Dutch universities will take staggered strike action against the planned cuts. The strike will begin in Leiden on Monday 10 March. The university supports the strike action but is not going to close that day. Below we inform you how the strike will affect our university, students and staff.
The staggered strike action is the initiative of the FNV and AOB unions, the LSVb student union and WOinActie. The Executive Board fully supports the initiative and understands that students and staff wish to speak out against the planned cuts and the erosion of higher education.
University to remain open
Our buildings will remain open on 10 March. The Executive Board will make every effort to ensure that essential processes at the university such as examinations, PhD ceremonies and inaugural lectures can go ahead as planned that day.
University staff are free to strike on 10 March. However, we do ask them to inform their students and managers in good time if they are going to strike. Let us all try to ensure that students do not experience study delays due to cancelled exams and that young researchers do not have to cancel their PhD defences.
The unions and WOinActie are working hard on the programme for the strike in Leiden and The Hague. As with the national protest on Malieveld in The Hague in November 2024, the Board would like to express its support and will be joining in on 10 March. We are still looking into what shape this will take.
As the strike programme has not been finalised yet, make sure to check for updates about the strike (and the potential impact) over the next few weeks.