Big wins for TAFE teachers in new Enterprise Agreement
5 February 2025
Section: News
TAFE teachers have welcomed a new three-year Enterprise Agreement (EA) that locks in pay rises, more super and better conditions…
Active engagement in democracy is critical
12 December 2024
Section: Columns
Recent history reminds us that we should never take democracy for granted. The rising threat of authoritarian populism and the…
Significant gains for school members
12 December 2024
Section: News
Competitive salaries and significant improvements to working conditions are included in the new three-year salaries and conditions Award for school…
New Award conditions deliver crushing blow for LSLD
The recent Award agreement and subsequent settlement between Federation and the Department of Education not only delivers significant improvements in…
NSW teachers endorse new salary agreement, building on historic gains
28 October 2024
Section: Media Release
NSW public school teachers have today endorsed a new three-year salary and conditions agreement that builds on last year’s historic…
Workload: Your work, your health, our profession
A coordinated and targeted campaign to more deeply engage and ignite the membership on the unfinished business of the More…
Union supports campaign for World Cup legacy for migrant workers
13 September 2022
Section: News
For every goal that’s scored in the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, around 39 people will have died, former Socceroos captain Craig Foster told Federation Council on Saturday.
Hearings make case for change
5 September 2020
Section: News
The scope and magnitude of change to teaching, driven by a dedication to pedagogy, can be illustrated by the ability – and willingness – of the profession to embrace change.
Need for lactation support highlighted during World Breastfeeding Week
6 August 2020
Section: News
The World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund have called on governments to protect and promote women’s access to skilled breastfeeding counselling, which is a critical component of breastfeeding support.
Inquiry head makes plea to school teachers to tell their stories
31 March 2020
Section: News
Members of the profession are being asked to share the realities of their working lives for the inquiry investigating the value of teachers’ work.
New schools’ Award approved by Industrial Relations Commission
19 March 2020
Section: News
The Industrial Relations Commission has handed down orders bringing the Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2020 into effect from 1 January, 2020.
A model of teacher union effectiveness in changing times
7 February 2020
Section: News
A new doctoral thesis outlines how Federation has strategically responded to neoliberalism and marketisation affecting the working conditions of teachers in NSW.