Vale Allan Terry
15 May 2020
Section: News
Allan Terry was a proud Life Member of Federation. He died unexpectedly on 3rd May after a long illness.
Vale Jack Mundey (1929-2020)
11 May 2020
Section: News
Jack Mundey, the union leader who inspired generations of activists to build a modern environmental movement, died last night, aged 90.
ACARA is either incapable or uninterested in protecting our students
6 May 2020
Section: News
Federation has written to ACARA seeking “meaningful action” over the publication in newspapers of school league tables, in contravention of the terms of use of My School data.
May Day — a day of virtual workers’ struggle
4 May 2020
Section: News
International Workers Day, 1 May, was this year celebrated virtually, with members from many unions connecting to an event hosted by the Unions NSW May Day Committee.
Union pulled together as ‘Spanish flu’ hit
29 April 2020
Section: News
The birth of Federation just over 101 years ago was shaped amid similarly extreme and uncertain times as is the case with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teachers rock as term 2 rolls out
28 April 2020
Section: News
Teachers returned to NSW schools to commence a difficult term on Monday with a spring in their step, overwhelmed by messages of support and recognition for their work from personalities, luminaries and parents around the country.
Staffing Agreement signals union win
24 April 2020
Section: News
While Federation has pursued the health and safety, industrial, employment and professional rights of teachers during this pandemic, the union has also secured a new 2020/21 Staffing Agreement that will commence day one, term 2.
Union secures guarantees for casual and temporary staff
After successful representations to the Department of Education, Federation has secured employment certainty for casual and temporary teachers amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Union will not forget bushfire-affected communities
15 April 2020
Section: News
Federation has refused to allow the escalating coronavirus pandemic to overshadow the response to last summer’s devastating bushfire season and the impact on our school and TAFE communities.
Staggered return to ‘normal’
14 April 2020
Section: News
The return to school after health restrictions begin to lift should be managed in stages, starting with kindergarten and year 12, Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos has proposed.
Hope for beyond the health crisis
12 April 2020
Section: News
Federation is already working on how it will respond to the political and economic challenges that will face public education, teachers and students in the post-pandemic period.
Storytime with Mr Skene
11 April 2020
Section: News
Amid the uncertainty and change pervading daily life is a joyous little corner of the internet where stories are told and young minds are being nurtured.
Australia among world’s top nations for teacher admin load and stress
10 April 2020
Section: News
More than half of Australian secondary teachers report high levels of administrative work, which takes time away from preparing for classes and is a major source of stress, an international survey has found.
Governments try to dishonour their obligations during pandemic
7 April 2020
Section: News
In large parts of the world, teachers and education support personnel are not being paid salaries and receiving benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Education International.
Students should be at the centre of reporting: submission
Academic growth and individual achievement should be the focus of reporting, Federation’s submission to the review of NAPLAN states.
How schools are scrubbing up
3 April 2020
Section: News
With best-practice hygiene measures important during the Coronavirus pandemic, school cleaners at the very forefront of the battle against the spread of the virus in schools have secured significant guarantees from the NSW Government to maintain their vital work.
Cleaners rewarded for extra elbow grease
3 April 2020
Section: News
Their job is rated as more hazardous than those in the construction and mining industry*, so when it became evident the Coronavirus had reached our shores NSW’s school cleaners knew they were on the front line.
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.
24 hours: Federation in action
25 March 2020
Section: News
At the height of government-fuelled confusion over the operation of schools as COVID-19 spiked in NSW, Federation was able achieve some clarity in the interest of all our members’ health and safety.
Normal school operations must end
25 March 2020
Section: News
Federation has today called on the Government to stop delaying the inevitable and put the health and safety of students and staff first during the COVID-19 crisis.
Teachers and principals are not dispensable
23 March 2020
Section: News
In light of contradictory health advice from the Prime Minister last night and the failure of the NSW Premier to provide an unequivocal decision on schools, Federation regards the situation “a recipe for chaos”.