# ‘We have had enough’: thousands of University of Sydney staff strike over AI and job security

https://mins.news/en/item/41508

- The Guardian, 2026-09-02 05:50 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/02/we-have-had-enough-thousands-of-staff-at-the-university-of-sydney-walk-off-the-job-over-ai-job-security

> About 2,000 University of Sydney staff walked off the job for 24 hours over protections surrounding artificial intelligence, workload fairness and job security. Hundreds joined picket lines, while the university said almost all scheduled classes would move online and some would be rescheduled or cancelled.