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Council of Action for Equal Pay (1937 - 1948)

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Function: Social action organisation
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.

 
Sources used to compile this entry: Johnson, P., 'Gender, class and work: the Council of Action for Equal Pay and the Equal Pay Campaign in Australia during World War Two', Labour History, no 50, May 1986, pp 132-46.
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  • Ranald, Patricia, 'Feminism and class: the United Associations of Women and the Council of Action for Equal Pay in the Depression', in Bevege, Margaret, James, Margaret and Shute, Carmel, (eds), Worth her salt: women at work in Australia, Hale and Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, pp. 270-85. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

  • Johnson, Penny, 'Gender, class and work: the Council of Action for Equal Pay Campaign in Australia during World War 11', Labour History, May 1986, 1986, pp. 132-46. [ Details... ]

Theses

  • Francis, Rosemary, 'Muriel Heagney and the Council of Action for Equal Pay 1937-1948', MA thesis, The University of Melbourne, 1989, 147 pp. [ Details... ]
  • Ranald, Patricia, 'Feminism and class: a study of two Sydney women's organisations during the Great Depression and Second World War', MA thesis, University of Adelaide, 1981. [ Details... ]

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