Students occupy NMIT

Wednesday, May 14, 1997 - 10:00

Students occupy NMIT

@box text intro = MELBOURNE — On May 9, inspired by the occupation of the Melbourne University administration building, members of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE student union occupied their offices in defiance of a TAFE management directive to close the offices.

Fifty students occupied past 2 deadlines, demanding that management restore their funding and their premises. The student union has been completely de-funded by the college management, which has refused to work with the student union in the past. Students left at 6pm when management attacked one of the students.

From GLW issue 274