rally after staff at 60 local schools came out on strike.
Forty local groups and campaigns had stalls at the festival, which was addressed by a number of speakers, including IMG members Islay Fullerton from the local NUT THE TORY PRESS AND HOW TO be FIGHT IT Socialist Challenge's new on lies behind the mass media's on the Day of Action and how the labour movement can strike out for press freedom.
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5p (plus 10p p&p) or postfree for bulk orders (pre-paid, sale or return) from: Socialist out Upper •St, TGWU, Princess Rd bus depot, Manchester IN Manchester the media's assault the Day of Action focussed on the fact that the buses would Granada Turtles Reports televised a conTroon berween union officials and meeting of bus who were not prepared to take any action.
wyno happened WUs little different At 4.30am on 14 May, 12 of us assembled to picket ine rrincess ka aepor Normally over two hundred buses would have left by Jam. Un ine Day ' OT ONLY Tive scabs defied the picket At Northenden only iwo buses went out. None went Frederick Road Salford depots were also out.
At Tam some of us wen up to the • city centre to turn our are vices that come into our area branch urust up shelter we were able to stop a majority of the buses.
Later 50 of us joined 5,000 other marchers on the Manchester In the Princess Ra aepo the decision to come out on 14 May was largely motivated by what was going or in Greater Mancneste transoort effects of cuts, and harass ment by loca management normer aerows. nowever the general feeling was tha there was a lack of a focus for half-hearted would not be particularly effective.
Among LOSE depots which stayed in were Howaro Rd and Birchfield Rd, tradi tionalv two of the most mill tant. It tne Iuc bullas i next protest action with more even fewer buse: will run in Manchester.