News Footage: San Francisco Teachers’ Strike, 1979-80

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: SF Teachers strike for wages before opening of school year 1979 - 1980. Representatives speak to news cameras, teachers/ strikers sitting at table surrounded by papers and charts, parent and kids holding PTA Vigil in hotel lobby "Remember the Children". Teachers union reps strategizing in hotel room. EXT teachers on picket line "No Contract, No Work". Small crowd of strikers gathered outside to hear some speeches, Serramonte high school students in hallway, hanging out outside, school cafeteria, striking teachers outside school, shots of picket signs against backdrop of school, students. Pickets outside Westlake Plaza, police photographing protesters, Dianne Feinstein comments to news reporter, other representatives address media (Robert Alioto?), CU T-shirt that reads "I walked the line in 79. On Strike", representative addresses media about school strike suit. EXT teachers picketing at Redding Elementary School, newspaper headline from the Progress "Elementary Schools Open Tomorrow",