denial of school meals over the past week.
Schools Action Union in the early "70s.
The risht-wing press reacted predictably: MATERN SCROOLS Hally Telemanh. Police dos move in on young rioters said Ine arestin or tae movemca!
in virtually every part of the country.
In Birmingham, as many as 5.000 students from 30 schools have been involved in strike thousand pupils marched to the local education offices demanding a resump tion of school meals. schools we occupa night by students demanding at the minimum a room to eat their sandwiches in.
STRIKE In Manchester, pupils at ten schools look strike action.
Hundreds of school students From Peel Mount and Reddish Vale schools in Stockport marched on County Hall chanling: "We want our meals. TENS OF THOUSANDS of school students were involved in protests and against lock-outs and the REDMOND O'NEIL.L reports on the biggest wave of action by youth in the schools since the days of the Seven schools o Lecestershire were affected by strikes the and demoostrations In Portsmouth. hundreds of women the local education authority while in Bradtord the town hall was besciged.
STONED The Daily Telegraph was quick to grasp the significance of these evens. Last Thursday's editorial stated:
The teason was The TIDas industrial action is depressing is that it suedests that ine young are learning trade union ways and all that they signifv."
The movement had no clear demonstrators stoned Hillock school in sparkm! -a mixed black and Irish area of towards teachers changed to support after the whole school debated the issue with union CHEESEINE in assemblyMany school students made it teacher militancy sanctions wich hit hardest at them, Terry, age 15, from East London pur it like this to his If you went on strike, we'd all back and needed supporters, wed come out with you need more money. marched on we're getting into trouble with the Old Bill Just having poxy linle strikes for The attitude of the leadership has been a barrier to the development of any firm alliance between teachers and pupils Their archy and 'outside extremiss have planed straight into une hands of the right-wing press who want to use the caused by the teachers action as a stick to drive them back to STERLING local» The leaders of the National At the Goldon Union or teachers dave bouc as far as to argue that the pupils - initial hostility stering strikers Find mainiy school are the lose pay strike job all part of the school but against ing discipline Lies.
more itself to issues of wapes a march tions, and ideology.
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May, by the strike committee, will produce a solution. teachers periorm in 'maintain - during mica] times and after-school activi In the year.
For the left-wing opposition inside the teachers unions, the condiIt must vicorously defend the right of school students to organise in up. the face of police harassment SHARE share More than that, it must give Students" right to use school fa- activity, cities outsade school hours.
And it must insist that in dis Men's demands.
BEEN AKIE DECE DOE the responsibility of local edu CanaD autootsues to preside Tacilities for meals at lunchBy taking up and encocragErn students to orwanise theirs selves in the schools, the left in the NUT can win many school students to an effecrive alliance against the education authori-