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Hummer: 2019 vol. 13, no. 1
Includes article: Youth and militancy: the NSW Teachers Federation 1970-83 / Max Taylor, pages 10-32. Max Taylor was General Secretary of the NSW Teachers Federation 1975-79 , and President 1982-83. Article written to mark the centenary of the formation of NSW Public School Teachers' Federation in 1918. Summary: "The lead article in this issue is a detailed and lively account of militant action in the NSW Teachers Federation in the 1970s and early 1980s, by former General Secretary and later President Max Taylor. He emphases the importance of youth, of both members and officials, in campaigns by teachers during that time." -- p. 7. Max Taylor was awarded life membership of the NSW Teachers Federation in 1988. Topics covered in article: Deregistration 1973; 1973 TAFE teachers salary case; 1974 salary case; The Federal Labor Government 1972-75; TAFE and the Kangan Report 1974; Education Commission; Superannuation; Warilla High School dispute; The 18:12 campaign in TAFE; Salaries campaign of 1980-81; The struggle to defend public education in 1982-83; Relief from face-to-face teaching for infants and primary teachers; Accelerated promotion for country service; Dover Heights campaign.