For what we deserve

Abstract

I CONCLUDED the article on ‘Not a trade union’ in the July NLW, with the suggestion that there must be a complete change from ‘the ill‐considered LA policies and actions of the 1950s onwards, particularly to ensure the association's withdrawal from all activity which is the province of trade unions’. It was the extraordinarily ill‐advised LA activity directed incessantly against the local authorities, who are the employers of a very large proportion of librarians, which led to our getting what we deserved and deserving what we got in salary and which also contributed to the continual decline in our status. Unless there is sensible, practical leadership in these matters, aimed at establishing worthwhile career prospects for us all, then the rest of the LA's activity is of little account. Bread and butter must always come first.

Citation

Tomlinson, N. (1977), "For what we deserve", New Library World, Vol. 78 No. 11, pp. 214-215. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038374