Montana labor news., 1935-03-21
TEACHERS union
ASKS SUPPORT
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS
500 S. Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, III.

Chicago, III.
March Il, 1885
Mr.. Harry G. Grimes, Secretary,
Silver Bow Trades & Labor Council,
$50 West Granite,
Butte, Montana.
Dear Mr.. Grimes:
Our Butte Local has initiated a very
important piece of work, that is, the
establishment of the single salary sch
edule for teachers, based on qualifica-
tions and experience. This is the prin-
ciple for which the American Fedora
ton OF Teachers and the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor are IN record.
The Butte Teachers Union has work
ed out a good scale based on sound
principles. The salaries are not as high
as they should be, but if a basic scale
is adopted, the amounts can later be
increased.
VIII the Silver Bow Trades and La
Dor Council please get behind this sal
airy schedule of the Teachers Union and
give it its full endorsement? l hope
the Council will inform its represen-
tatives on the Board as to its position
with all possible force and argument.
Our local has written us frequently
of your splendid help and cooperation.
The American Federation of Teachers
is also deeply a%ppreciative.
With cordial greetings, | am
Fraternally yours,
Florence Curtis Hanson,
Sec.-Treas.
American Federation of Teachers
FCH :CM
BUTTE TEACHERS UNION,
Local No. 1872
Butte, Montana
Ruth MCGEE, President.
Catherine Thomas, Secretary.
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council,
Carpenters Hall,
Butte, Montana.
Greetings
The Butte Teachers Union, Local
No. 1872, is going TO present to the
School Board OF District Number One
Of Silver Bow County a salary schedule
for teachers and principals Of this Dis
trict. This schedule is a single salary
scale that is, equal pay for equal quail
fi%cations and experience. This type OF
salary schedule has been adopted on
the platforms OF both the American
Federation Of Teachers and the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
This is one of the most progressive
steps that has ever been taken regard
ing the Butte Schools. 1t will raise the
standards OF the Butte schools i'm
m~easurab1y. 1t will give Butte better
teachers. 1t will compensate teachers
who spend time and money going tc
summer school or take extension OF
correspondence work. This is some
thing the Butte teachers have never
been compensated for at all. Almost
every school district in the country
compensates teachers for the time and
money they spend lettering themselve;
professionally.
This scale Eliminates favoritism and
places everyone on an equal footing.
We feel this step should have the
whole-hearted endorsement of organic
ed labor, and we are asking for this
endorsement through the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Council by asking
for the adoption Of the following re.
solution
RESOLVED: That the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Council go on re-
cord as fully endorsing the single sal
airy schedule prepared and presented
by the Butte Teachers Union, Loca
No. 1872, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
That the Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Council send a committee with a com
munication from that body endorsing
our action to the meeting of the Schoo
Board Of District Number One on Apr
9th, at which time the Butte Teachers
Union is asking the board to adopt thii
single salary schedule.
Cordially and fraternally yours,
Ruth MCGEE, President.
Catherine w. Thomas, Sec.
(SEAL)
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BUTTE TEACHERS UNION,
Local No. 1872
Ruth MCGEE, President
Catherine Thomas, Secretary
March 18th, 1885
Silver Bow Trades & Labor Council,
Butte, Montana.
Gentlemen
In a communication received from
Mrs. Florence Curtiss Hanson, Score
tary of the American Federation o.
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