A-Infos (en) Poland, Ozzip: Female and male university employees stand behind those occupying the "Kamionka" dormitory! (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

As representatives of OZZ Inicjatywa Pracownicza OZZ Workers' Initiative 
operating at universities and scientific institutions, we sympathize 
with the people leading the sit-in protest at the "Kamionka" Student 
Dormitory and express support for their demands. ---- In the face of the 
deepening housing crisis, which particularly severely affects students, 
the decision of the authorities of the Jagiellonian University to sell 
the "Kamionka" dormitory is incomprehensible and shocking. This is 
another example of the anti-student, anti-social policy of Polish 
universities, following the attempt to sell the "Jowita" dormitory in 
Poznan by the Adam Mickiewicz University authorities. This forces 
students to pay astronomical prices for renting an apartment or room on 
the private market. This entails the need to work more and more, often 
in precarious conditions. In extreme cases, this affects the decision to 
withdraw from studies. The authorities of Polish universities not only 
do not provide their students with the social security necessary to 
study, but also actively influence the deterioration of their living 
conditions. The desire for profit cannot prevail over securing the basic 
need of students, which is the need for a safe shelter.

Together with the students of the Jagiellonian University, we demand 
that the University authorities meet the following demands:

Immediate withdrawal from plans to sell DS Kamionka;
Immediate resumption of operations of two buildings of the "Kamionka" 
dormitory;
Immediate withdrawal from plans to sell Bursa Jagiellonska;
Presenting a comprehensive housing strategy that will significantly 
increase the availability of places in dorms and secure financial 
resources for this purpose. Such a strategy should include, among 
others: project of building new student houses on the Ruczaj Campus, 
making the Raclawicka dormitory available for students of the 
Jagiellonian University and increasing the number of places in four 
dormitories managed by the Bratniak Foundation;
Assurances from the university authorities that no person will bear any 
legal or disciplinary liability for participating in the sit-in strike.

We also condemn calling the police for a peaceful protest and appeal for 
the Jagiellonian University authorities to refrain from using the 
intervention of security services against their own students. Let us 
remember that it is for them that the university carries out its 
mission. At the same time, once again, we demand joint action by the 
authorities of academia, local governments and the state to ensure 
decent conditions for studying and working at universities and 
scientific institutes. We also call on all members of the academic 
community to show solidarity with students fighting for fundamental 
things and to support this fight.

Inter-Enterprise OZZ Employee Initiative Committee at the Jagiellonian 
University

Works Committee of OZZ Employee Initiative at the University of Adam 
Mickiewicz in Poznan

Works Committee of OZZ Employee Initiative at the University of Warsaw

Works Committee of OZZ Employee Initiative at the University of Gdansk

Inter-Enterprise Commission at the Nicolaus Copernicus University

KM OZZ Employee Initiative at the University of the National Education 
Commission in Krakow and Nowa
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Statement of the occupants of DS Kamionka

in the face of attempts by the Jagiellonian University authorities to 
break up the student strike using the police

On May 17, at 4 p.m., as students associated with OZZ Inicjatywa 
Pracownicza, we started a peaceful sit-in strike in the Kamionka 
Dormitory building. The main demand of the occupation is to restore the 
functioning of the student dormitory.

This action is due to the exhaustion of other means of negotiation. The 
rector did not recognize us as representing the interests of the student 
community and sent us to the local government, which ignored our demands 
regarding the Kamionka Dormitory. We had no other way to continue than 
to take direct action.

At 6:30 p.m., a delegation representing the university authorities 
appeared in the Kamionka Dormitory, consisting of the deputy chancellor 
for real estate affairs, Marek Ulinski, and the spokesman of the 
Jagiellonian University, Adam Koprowski. The authorities tried to 
persuade us to meet the rector behind closed doors, outside the Kamionka 
premises. Our position remains unchanged - we do not leave the building, 
we negotiate collectively and transparently.

At. At 11.30 p.m., the first police car appeared at DS Kamionka. One of 
the policemen entered the building and accused us of violating the 
privacy of the home. We were given an ultimatum: either we start 
negotiating with the officers alone, or "such forces will come here that 
we will drag you out of this building and you will be held criminally 
responsible." The policeman confirmed that we would be removed from the 
building by force. The officer wanted to force us to have conversations 
that were not recorded in any way and without witnesses, through a 
single-person representation. He claimed that he was acting with the 
consent and authorization of the rector, but refused to provide it in 
writing, claiming that "he could arrange it immediately."

In the next minutes, about 5 police cars appeared in front of the 
building. However, the police refrained from taking any action against 
us and contented themselves with talking to the administration employees 
in front of the building, waiting for the commander's arrival. It should 
be emphasized here that we receive full support from the building's 
administration.

After we publicized the situation, MP Daria Gosek-Popiolek, Krakow city 
councilor Aleksandra Owca, employees of the Jagiellonian University and 
other witnesses and the media appeared in front of the building.

We consider the decision of the university authorities to be scandalous 
and the actions taken by the police to be unlawful. The officer 
delegated to conduct negotiations with us entered the university 
premises despite the lack of authorization from the rector's authorities 
and misled us by claiming that he had such authorization. When asked to 
submit it in writing, he declared that he would "sort it out" soon. Such 
a document was never shown to us, and during the parliamentary 
intervention we learned that it was not the rector, but the deputy 
chancellor who notified the police and that the notification was 
submitted in the form of a telephone notification about the suspicion of 
committing a crime of violating home privacy by the strikers. According 
to the information known to us at the moment, the entity authorized to 
authorize the police to enter the university premises has not issued the 
required authorization.

We demand explanations for this:

from the university authorities, why they decided to send the police 
against us, who made such a decision and whether it was consulted with 
the rector and chancellor of the Jagiellonian University;
from the police, why the officer responsible for negotiations misled us 
and violated the university's autonomy by entering the Kamionka 
Dormitory premises, despite the lack of appropriate authorization.

Signed,

students occupying the Kamionka Dormitory

kmipkrakow@gmail.com

https://www.ozzip.pl/informacje/pilne-akcje/item/3040-list-poparcia-kamionka
https://www.ozzip.pl/informacje/malopolskie/item/3039-strajk-kamionka-policja
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