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Education
Fix this textJournal of the New South Wales Teachers’ Federation.
Fix this textIncorporating
Fix this textFEDERATION NEWS
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper.
Fix this textVolume 31, No. 8.
Fix this textJUNE 9, 1950.
Fix this textThreepence,
Fix this textEnglish Teachers Conduct Vigorous
Fix this textCampaign For Adequate Salaries
Fix this textA vigorous campaign for satisfactory salaries for English
Fix this textteachers has commenced.
Fix this textThe Kingsway Hall, London, was the scene of a recent mass
Fix this textmeeting called by the National Union of Teachers.
Fix this textThe main hall held 1800 teachers; an overflow of 300 met in
Fix this texta nearby hall wired to the main hall, and many hundreds more
Fix this textwho could not get into either hall held a meeting in the nearby
Fix this textfamous Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
Fix this textMr. Gould, Secretary of the National Union of Teachers,
Fix this textaddressed the meeting in the halls for an hour. Questions occupied
Fix this textanother hour, and then the people in the halls adjourned to Lin-
Fix this textcoln’s Inn Fields, where the meeting continued for some time.
Fix this textNever before had teachers had
Fix this textsuch wonderful, nation-wide news-
Fix this textpaper publicity.
Fix this textMany letters to newspapers deal-
Fix this texting with various news angles were
Fix this textwritten. Teachers were prompt in
Fix this textcorrecting misrepresentations as
Fix this textthey appeared. Union pamphlets (in-
Fix this texttended for teachers) were used by
Fix this text"press secretaries" as raw material
Fix this textfor articles.
Fix this text"The results were so pleasing, in
Fix this textfact, that the cuttings received were
Fix this texta veritable flood," Mr. Gould said.
Fix this textN.U.T.’s Wage Policy.
Fix this textMr. Gould said that it was neces-
Fix this textsary to have some "yardstick" to
Fix this textdraw up the aguments for a salaries
Fix this textincrease. The following three tests
Fix this textfrom the McNair Committee were
Fix this textused:—
Fix this text1: "Do teachers' present salaries
Fix this textenable them to live a reasonable
Fix this textsort of life?"
Fix this text2. "Are salaries paid to-day rea-
Fix this textsonably comparable with those ...
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Fix this text3. "Is the educational system ...
Fix this textbeing damaged by the present sal-
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Fix this textTwo thunderous "No's" greeted
Fix this textquestions 1 and 2, and an equally
Fix this textemphatic "Yes" the third.
Fix this textAnticipating an attendance of 2000 members at a rally in support of improved salaries, the
Fix this textNational Union of Teachers engaged the Kingsway Hall, London. A smaller hall, wired
Fix this textfor amplification, was also engaged, but about 2000 members were still unable to gain
Fix this textadmission. An overflow meeting was addressed by Mr. Caton, Treasurer, and Mr. Rodda,
Fix this textex-President, in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Fix this textThe Government’s Wage-
Fix this textFreezing Policy.
Fix this textOf this, Mr. Gould said he was
Fix this text"driven to the conclusion that there
Fix this textwere some who escaped the wage
Fix this textfreeze. If it were right for even a few
Fix this textpeople in one walk of life ... to
Fix this textescape the 'freeze,' then he saw no
Fix this textreason at all why the system which
Fix this textappeared to operate for some people
Fix this textshould not also operate for the
Fix this textteaching profession."
Fix this textCall For A United Union.
Fix this textHe concluded by saying that the
Fix this textclaim was endangered by lack of
Fix this textunity. Sectional, graduate versus
Fix this textnon-graduate, and orthodox-trained
Fix this textversus emergency-trained squabbles
Fix this textwere endangering the claim.
Fix this text"We are all in one profession, and
Fix this textwe must rise together or we shall
Fix this textfall down together," Mr. Gould said.
Fix this textTeachers had to unite, to believe
Fix this textin the power of their organisation, to
Fix this textpersuade the public that teachers
Fix this texthad a case.
Fix this textAustralian teachers will be unani-
Fix this textmous in congratulating the N.U.T.
Fix this texton its mighty campaign and in wish-
Fix this texting our fellow-teachers in the United
Fix this textKingdom a worthy outcome to then-
Fix this textvaliant efforts.
Fix this textENGLISH VISITOR
Fix this textWELCOMED.
Fix this textMr. Havelock Davies, a visitor from
Fix this textEngland and a member of the National
Fix this textUnion of Teachers, attended the meet-
Fix this texting of the Federation Council on May
Fix this text20. On behalf of the Federation, Mr.
Fix this textLewis extended to Mr. Davies a hearty
Fix this textwelcome.
Fix this textMr. Davies, in reply, said: "It is a
Fix this textpleasure for me to visit your Council
Fix this textmeeting and to see, the vigorous way
Fix this textin which you are conducting campaigns
Fix this texthere—as we do in England—for a bet-
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Fix this textso rightly deserve."
Fix this textPART-TIME TECHNICAL
Fix this textTEACHERS’ RATES.
Fix this textA determination concerning rates
Fix this textof pay of part-time technical teach-
Fix this texters was received from the Public
Fix this textService Board last month. Generally
Fix this textthe increases, which will date from
Fix this textApril 1, are approximately 20 per
Fix this textcent, on previous rates.
Fix this textReporting to the Council on May 20, the
Fix this textPresident, Mr. Lewis, said that the determina-'
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Fix this textThe Federation had presented a good case
Fix this textto the Board in support of the claim, Mr.
Fix this textLewis said.
Fix this textAction To Be Considered.
Fix this textCouncil decided that the three senior
Fix this textofficers, with the General Secretary and As-
Fix this textsistant General Secretary, be empowered to
Fix this texttake any necessary action, including the con-
Fix this textsideration of an approach to the Industrial
Fix this textCommission.
Fix this text600,000,000 Children In Need Of A Meal A Day
Fix this text■ C!
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Fix this textFirst contribution to the second United Nations Appeal for
Fix this textChildren a cheque for £l2—was received within three days of the
Fix this textfirst official notification being forwarded to schools. The contribu-
Fix this texttion came from No. 1 Migrant Camp, Greta.
Fix this textThe Departmental Schools Appeal Committee, representative of the
Fix this textDepartment and the Federation, has unanimously agreed to support this
Fix this textappeal by raising funds in the schools.
Fix this textThe cause is urgent. Millions of children throughout the world are in
Fix this textdire need of the bare necessities of life. They need food, warm clothing,
Fix this textand medicine to keep them alive and to ward off hunger, cold and disease.
Fix this textSix hundred million children in Europe and Asia are in need of a meal
Fix this texta day. It is essential that one hundred million children in Europe and
Fix this textPakistan be inoculated against tuberculosis.
Fix this textContributions, which should be forwarded by the end of July, should
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Fix this textThe Secretary,
Fix this textAppeals Committee,
Fix this textDepartment of Education,
Fix this textBox 33A, G.P.0.,
Fix this textSydney.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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