The accomplishments of the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union in the fields of salaries, pensions and professional growth

Abstract

Although the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union has been in existence since 1920, there seems to be a general vagueness among its members of the value of the Union. It is the author’s opinion that the net worth of any union can only be measured by its accomplishments. Therefore, this work is undertaken to determine the accomplishments of the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union in the fields of salaries, pensions and professional growth. The writer is fully aware that these fields will not cover all the work completed by the Union, but he feels that these are the major ones and the broadness of the topic has forced him to narrow this work to include only these items. To introduce this study Chapter I will give a brief history of the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union from 1920 to 1940. Chapters II, III and IV will deal with Salaries, Pensions and Professional Growth respectively. In the conclusion the author will summarize the main accomplishments of the Union in the above fields and through these attempt to measure the value of our Union to teachers in Nova Scotia.