Reproduced From Workers' Weekly Vol. The Youth and Students section of Workers' Weekly reports on and analyses the conditions of young people and the agenda they are setting themselves to become political and overcome their marginalisation from society. We warmly invite all readers to contribute constructively to the section by sending in their letters, ideas and reports so as to improve its content and extend its readership. National Shutdown Day. The NUS says that more than 100 individual students' unions arranged pickets, rallies and other events.
Mass balloon launches nation-wide with students writing their debts on cards to send aloft.
Owain James, president of the National Union of Students, has stated his opinion. WWYG condemns the attempt to institute a two-tier higher education system to serve the interests of business in the global market, and upholds that education is a right, and should be available to all at the highest level commensurate with the level of development of society. OF THE 200 demonstrators that attended the rally and music event that took place in Sunderland's Mowbray Park, most were young people. When the minimum wage was introduced in 1999, there were several clauses that excluded and marginalised youth from any of the small benefits that the NMW would bring. Apprentices under 26 in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship will be exempt.