Mashes anchester NUSS ABOUT 50 school students picketed the National Union of Teachers conference on April. National Union School Stadents members tur. ned up from Hull, Manchester, Huddersfield, and even Glasgow.
Some teachers joined us and sapported our demand for an immediate end to corporal lot of teachers were hostile and mocked officials running the conference tried to keep us quiet and called the police, but we carried on as we. weren't breaking the law.
We were outside the conference for about iwo hours at lenchtime with placards and a megaphone. 'borrowed" some newspaper billboards and reversed thems to make placands.
Singans included: "If the kids are united, they 'I never defeated. Join NUSS! *Recogmise NUSS now!" End corporal punishment now!? Sexism and racism out of schools!"
Although we had no leaflets because the London NUSS people didn't turn up, we were able to make a good protest with a lot of chanting slogans and shouting. We sold a lot of copies of Blot, paper, and Revolution. of After the picket everyone said that we should organise a Leeds, meeting of NUSS members in the North of Englund and of people who are interested in joining NUSS to talk about doing more lively activities and taking up other campaigns.
There was a lot of dissatisfaction with the leadership of NUSS because they CaUse to see pockes, Cabbe numbers and addresses were exchanged and we hope to get the meeting organised before the end of the summer term so that the NUSS conference in July will be more active and more people will go.
Manchester the school students who went to the picket ALTE INcised in Socialist Unity be Ardwick and will be leafletting schools in the area about the election campaign und organising NUSS meetings with sales of Blot.
Tony Collins from Hull NUSS adds: The NUT Executive was obviously shaken protest. They postpone the debate on corDori punishment, due for the NUSS afternoon session, to a more appropriate time" weren't there!
place, support physical attacks on decision which is all the more scandalous in the light of the TUC's recent opposition to the use of corporal punishment.
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