Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
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Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
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Vol. 31 No. 08 (9 Jun 1950)
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Education  

Journal of the New South Wales Teachers’ Federation.  

Incorporating  

FEDERATION NEWS  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney, for transmission by post as newspaper.  

Volume 31, No. 8.  

JUNE 9, 1950.  

Threepence,  

English Teachers Conduct Vigorous  

Campaign For Adequate Salaries  

vigorous campaign for satisfactory salaries for English  

teachers has commenced.  

The Kingsway Hall, London, was the scene of recent mass  

meeting called by the National Union of Teachers.  

The main hall held 1800 teachers; an overflow of 300 met in  

nearby hall wired to the main hall, and many hundreds more  

who could not get into either hall held meeting in the nearby  

famous Lincoln’s Inn Fields.  

Mr. Gould, Secretary of the National Union of Teachers,  

addressed the meeting in the halls for an hour. Questions occupied  

another hour, and then the people in the halls adjourned to Lin-  

coln’s Inn Fields, where the meeting continued for some time.  

Never before had teachers had  

such wonderful, nation-wide news-  

paper publicity.  

Many letters to newspapers deal-  

ing with various news angles were  

written. Teachers were prompt in  

correcting misrepresentations as  

they appeared. Union pamphlets (in-  

tended for teachers) were used by  

"press secretaries" as raw material  

for articles.  

"The results were so pleasing, in  

fact, that the cuttings received were  

veritable flood," Mr. Gould said.  

N.U.T.’s Wage Policy.  

Mr. Gould said that it was neces-  

sary to have some "yardstick" to  

draw up the aguments for salaries  

increase. The following three tests  

from the McNair Committee were  

used:—  

1: "Do teachers' present salaries  

enable them to live reasonable  

sort of life?"  

2. "Are salaries paid to-day rea-  

sonably comparable with those ...  

of other professions?"  

3. "Is the educational system ...  

being damaged by the present sal-  

ary rate?"  

Two thunderous "No's" greeted  

questions and 2, and an equally  

emphatic "Yes" the third.  

Anticipating an attendance of 2000 members at rally in support of improved salaries, the  

National Union of Teachers engaged the Kingsway Hall, London. smaller hall, wired  

for amplification, was also engaged, but about 2000 members were still unable to gain  

admission. An overflow meeting was addressed by Mr. Caton, Treasurer, and Mr. Rodda,  

ex-President, in Lincoln's Inn Fields.  

The Government’s Wage-  

Freezing Policy.  

Of this, Mr. Gould said he was  

"driven to the conclusion that there  

were some who escaped the wage  

freeze. If it were right for even few  

people in one walk of life ... to  

escape the 'freeze,' then he saw no  

reason at all why the system which  

appeared to operate for some people  

should not also operate for the  

teaching profession."  

Call For United Union.  

He concluded by saying that the  

claim was endangered by lack of  

unity. Sectional, graduate versus  

non-graduate, and orthodox-trained  

versus emergency-trained squabbles  

were endangering the claim.  

"We are all in one profession, and  

we must rise together or we shall  

fall down together," Mr. Gould said.  

Teachers had to unite, to believe  

in the power of their organisation, to  

persuade the public that teachers  

had case.  

Australian teachers will be unani-  

mous in congratulating the N.U.T.  

on its mighty campaign and in wish-  

ing our fellow-teachers in the United  

Kingdom worthy outcome to then-  

valiant efforts.  

ENGLISH VISITOR  

WELCOMED.  

Mr. Havelock Davies, visitor from  

England and member of the National  

Union of Teachers, attended the meet-  

ing of the Federation Council on May  

20. On behalf of the Federation, Mr.  

Lewis extended to Mr. Davies hearty  

welcome.  

Mr. Davies, in reply, said: "It is  

pleasure for me to visit your Council  

meeting and to see, the vigorous way  

in which you are conducting campaigns  

here—as we do in England—for bet-  

ter standard of living Which teachers  

so rightly deserve."  

PART-TIME TECHNICAL  

TEACHERS’ RATES.  

determination concerning rates  

of pay of part-time technical teach-  

ers was received from the Public  

Service Board last month. Generally  

the increases, which will date from  

April 1, are approximately 20 per  

cent, on previous rates.  

Reporting to the Council on May 20, the  

President, Mr. Lewis, said that the determina-'  

tion was unsatisfactory.  

The Federation had presented good case  

to the Board in support of the claim, Mr.  

Lewis said.  

Action To Be Considered.  

Council decided that the three senior  

officers, with the General Secretary and As-  

sistant General Secretary, be empowered to  

take any necessary action, including the con-  

sideration of an approach to the Industrial  

Commission.  

600,000,000 Children In Need Of Meal Day  

■ C!  

 

First contribution to the second United Nations Appeal for  

Children cheque for £l2—was received within three days of the  

first official notification being forwarded to schools. The contribu-  

tion came from No. Migrant Camp, Greta.  

The Departmental Schools Appeal Committee, representative of the  

Department and the Federation, has unanimously agreed to support this  

appeal by raising funds in the schools.  

The cause is urgent. Millions of children throughout the world are in  

dire need of the bare necessities of life. They need food, warm clothing,  

and medicine to keep them alive and to ward off hunger, cold and disease.  

Six hundred million children in Europe and Asia are in need of meal  

day. It is essential that one hundred million children in Europe and  

Pakistan be inoculated against tuberculosis.  

Contributions, which should be forwarded by the end of July, should  

be addressed to  

The Secretary,  

Appeals Committee,  

Department of Education,  

Box 33A, G.P.0.,  

Sydney.  

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N.S.W. Teachers' Federation & New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. (1919). Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation Retrieved May 6, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-680907048

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