| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/A/4/31 |
| Title | 'Legal and Tenure Committee - fluid cases' |
| Date | 1944 - 1954 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT) and Lamartine Yates and Lacey (Solicitors) regarding:
Request for advice from the solicitors as to the extent to which teachers are legally responsible for the safety of money which they hold in connection with their work
Discussion of reactions from schools and school boards to students wanting to join the Youth Communist Party or other left-wing organisations
Attempts to restrict teachers freedom of thought
The case of a teacher who lost her job due to her communist views, and concerns from other staff and parents that she was influencing her pupils with her views
Letters of thanks from members of the NUWT for help they received from the Legal and Tenure Committee
Meals supervision in schools
Complaints about instances of implementation of the government evacuation scheme to rural areas
Cases of unfair dismissal of teachers
'The case of Dr. Johnson Ball', leaflet outlining the case for unfair dismissal of Dr. Johnson Ball, principal of a County Technical College in Worcestershire. Leaflet explains he supported his staff in a salary dispute and for this he is going to lose his job
Press cuttings regarding:
Reports of the case of Dr. Johnson Ball
Examples of cases of organisations, teaching associations, and Education Committees stifling freedom of expression and freedom of association of teachers
Decision of the National Union of Teachers to blacklist Leeds Educational Authority over the unfair dismissal of a woman teacher |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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