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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>From: </b>Rens Bod <L.W.M.Bod@uva.nl><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, 7 December 2025 at 18:47<br>
<b>To: </b>Rethink UvA <rethink-uva@list.uva.nl><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Rethink UvA] Herinnering: Oproep tot Actie 9 december -- Reminder: Call to Action 9 December<br>
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<span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">On Tuesday 9 December, we will strike again and gather at 12:00 noon on Dam Square in Amsterdam. Our demand to reverse
</span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(243, 33, 33);"><u><a href="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/12/-https://woinactie.blogspot.com/p/bezuinigingen-2025.html" target="_blank" originalsrc="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/12/-https://woinactie.blogspot.com/p/bezuinigingen-2025.html" data-outlook-id="d35e3484-1bb9-4d6a-81e9-b7f45c22aa47" style="color: rgb(243, 33, 33); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">all
the cuts</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> made by the now outgoing Schoof cabinet has still not been met. In fact, despite D66's victory in the 29 October elections, the provisional “</span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(243, 33, 33);"><u><a href="https://www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2025/12/02/tussenverslag/inhoudelijke-en-ambitieuze-agenda-van-d66-en-cda.pdf" target="_blank" originalsrc="https://www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/site/binaries/site-content/collections/documents/2025/12/02/tussenverslag/inhoudelijke-en-ambitieuze-agenda-van-d66-en-cda.pdf" data-outlook-id="655d7305-5bad-4505-a292-72fa3bd88397" style="color: rgb(243, 33, 33); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">invitation</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">”
issued by D66 and CDA education appears to be merely serving economic gains. This does not bode well for the independence of the university and the academic freedom of researchers, nor for the workload.</span></p>
<p class="WordSection1"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Over the past year, with our
</span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(243, 33, 33);"><u><a href="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/2024/11/20000-mensen-tegen-de-bezuinigingen.html" target="_blank" originalsrc="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/2024/11/20000-mensen-tegen-de-bezuinigingen.html" data-outlook-id="41d86001-b904-406b-8da6-ac3e7968e5cc" style="color: rgb(243, 33, 33); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">first
national strike</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">,
</span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(243, 33, 33);"><u><a href="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/p/steunbetuigingen-protest-tegen-de.html" target="_blank" originalsrc="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/p/steunbetuigingen-protest-tegen-de.html" data-outlook-id="1f1270ea-c557-4aff-9c1c-9784590ddb40" style="color: rgb(243, 33, 33); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">supported
by numerous organisations and companies</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, and
</span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(243, 33, 33);"><u><a href="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/p/stakingen-wo-2025-strikes-he-2025.html" target="_blank" originalsrc="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/p/stakingen-wo-2025-strikes-he-2025.html" data-outlook-id="31dc7684-4c41-4a62-9507-bb5ee861cff5" style="color: rgb(243, 33, 33); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">relay
strikes across the country</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, we have already shown that the cuts are bad for the future of the Netherlands and that we will not accept them.</span></p>
<p class="WordSection1"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Now is the time to make our mark on the formation of the new government and to turn our efforts of the past year into real change. We can only succeed if we stay on top of things and continue to exert pressure. Investing in higher education means reversing the cuts and investing more.</span></p>
<p class="WordSection1"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><b>So come to Dam Square in Amsterdam on 9 December at 12:00 noon!</b></span></p>
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13:15 End of stage programme <br>
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13:30 Start of march <br>
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15:30 End of strike</span></p>
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