Council of Action for Equal Pay. (1937-1948)

Function
Social action organisation
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-765051

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The Council of Action for Equal Pay (CAEP) functioned as a single issue pressure group with affiliates from trade unions and women's organisations. Its primary aim was to agitate for the implementation of equal pay through the dissemination of information and to support individual organisations in their fight for equal pay. Its formation marked the first conscious movement for equal pay in Australia. Muriel Heagney, a strong advocate of 'the rate for the job' was influential in its establishment and was the driving force of the organisation as its honorary secretary-treasurer from 1939 until its demise.

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  1. Feminism and class: a study of two Sydney women's organisations during the Great Depression and Second World War
    Ranald, Patricia
    [1981]
    Published: University of Adelaide
  2. Muriel Heagney and the Council of Action for Equal Pay 1937-1948
    Francis, Rosemary
    [1989]
    Published: The University of Melbourne
  3. Feminism and class: the United Associations of Women and the Council of Action for Equal Pay in the DepressionWorth her salt: women at work in Australia Bevege, Margaret, James, Margaret and Shute, Carmel, 270-85 : Feminism and class: the United Associations of Women and the Council of Action for Equal Pay in the Depression
    Ranald, Patricia
    [1982]
    Published: Hale and Iremonger
  4. Gender, class and work: the Council of Action for Equal Pay Campaign in Australia during World War 11Labour History May 1986 132-46 : Gender, class and work: the Council of Action for Equal Pay Campaign in Australia during World War 11
    Johnson, Penny
    [1986]
  5. State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection: Heagney, Muriel A. (Muriel Agnes) papers [manuscript] 1885-1974 (1936 - 1968)
    The papers include a complete set of minute books and correspondence of the Council of Action for Equal Pay, 1937-1949. They include also autobiographical notes by Muriel Heagney, inwards and outwards correspondence 1936-1968, drafts and notes for the publication Are women taking men's jobs?(1935) and Arbitration at the crossroads, (1953), and for other proposed books, articles, papers and talks. Also papers relating to her role in the Australian Labor Party. Other papers include ACTU Bulletins 1954-1957 (4 issues); executive decisions made at various meetings, 1951-1958; assorted circulars and printed pamphlets; papers related to the Amnalgamated Clothing and Allied Trades Unions cost of living investigation, 1927 and Heagney's logbook of activities when Women's Organiser for the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
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