| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/2/6 |
| Title | Burnham Award - correspondence |
| Date | 1925 - 1950 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), NUWT members, Members of Parliament including Fenner Brockway and Irene Ward, the Burnham Committee (the Standing Joint Committee on the Salaries of Teachers), New Scotland Yard,
Women's International League regarding:
Cover letters sent by the NUWT to the Burnham Committee with copies of their Resolutions on the Burnham awards
Letters of agreement from other women's organisations regarding NUWT protests against the Burnham Award
Arrangements for poster campaigns, protest meetings and leaflet distribution criticising the Burnham Award panel and proposed salary scales for teachers
Letters from NUWT members confirming how they will help organise and attend protest meetings, poster parades, and leafleting
Donations sent by NUWT members towards Jill Craigie's equal pay film 'To Be a Woman'
Reports from NUWT members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) meetings about the Burnham Award
Confirmation from Local Education Authorities who support the NUWT principle of Equal Pay for Equal Work
Notice from NUWT to New Scotland Yard that they intend to have a Poster Parade, 1950 and questions regarding what they are legally allowed to do with regards to protests
NUWT Circulars advertising protests against the proposed Burnham salary scales for teachers
Acceptant from Fenner Brockway and Irene Ward (MPs) to speak at NUWT protest meetings against the Burnham Award
Offers from organisation to advertise NUWT protest meetings
Letters of support for the principle of equal pay from teachers who are not members of the NUWT
Confirmation of the slogans to be used on NUWT sandwich boards, handbills and other protest leaflets
Enquiry on the NUWT policy on increments for posts of special responsibility
NUWT members reporting on concern within the NUT about members leaving over the issue of the Burnham Award and equal pay
Requests for assistance and advice from NUWT members regarding the implementation of the Burnham Award in their school area
Press cuttings regarding:
Reports and notices of protest meetings against the Burnham Award and proposed salary scales for teachers
Handbills advertising NUWT organised protest meetings
NUWT Resolutions criticising the Burnham Award, 1925, 1950 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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