▁Minister ▁for ▁Old er ▁People ▁and ▁its ▁campaign ▁has ▁had ▁some ▁success , ▁with ▁Labour ▁Le ader ▁Ed ▁Mil ib and ▁appoint ing ▁L iz ▁K end all ▁as ▁Sh adow ▁Minister ▁for ▁Old er ▁People . ▁ ▁The ▁artist ▁Michael ▁Fre ed man , ▁an ▁out sp oken ▁advoc ate ▁against ▁age ▁disc rim ination ▁within ▁the ▁art ▁world ▁says ▁that ▁" m ature ▁students , ▁like ▁me , ▁come ▁to ▁art ▁late ▁in ▁life , ▁so ▁why ▁are ▁we ▁pen al ised ▁and ▁dem ot iv ated ? ▁Wh atever ▁happened ▁to ▁lif el ong ▁learning ▁and ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁a ▁flexible ▁work force ?" ▁ ▁Adv oc acy ▁against ▁age ism ▁The ▁News bo ys ▁St rike ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁fought ▁age ist ▁employ ment ▁practices ▁target ed ▁against ▁youth ▁by ▁large ▁newspaper ▁synd ic ates ▁in ▁the ▁N ortheast ▁of ▁America . ▁The ▁strik ers ▁demonstrated ▁across ▁the ▁city ▁for ▁several ▁days , ▁effectively ▁stopping ▁circul ation ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁papers , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁news ▁distribution ▁for ▁many ▁New ▁England ▁cities . ▁The ▁strike ▁last ed ▁two ▁weeks , ▁causing ▁Pul itzer ' s ▁New ▁York ▁World ▁to ▁decrease ▁its ▁circul ation ▁from ▁ 3 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁papers ▁sold ▁per ▁day ▁to ▁ 1 2 5 , 0 0 0 . ▁Although ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁papers ▁was ▁not ▁lower ed , ▁the ▁strike ▁was ▁successful ▁in ▁forcing ▁the ▁World ▁and ▁Journal ▁to ▁offer ▁full ▁buy back s ▁to ▁their ▁sell ers