Tens of thousands of teachers send Premier a strong message on workload and salaries
30 June 2022
Section: Media Release
Teachers from Government and Catholic schools in NSW took strike action across NSW and the ACT today, calling on the NSW Government to urgently act on the teacher shortage and its underlying cause – uncompetitive salaries and unsustainable workloads.
HSC students stuck in classes of over 50 students due to the teacher shortages
26 June 2022
Section: Media Release
Teachers and principals have reported mass disruptions to student learning in NSW public schools due to worsening teacher shortages.
Federation welcomes Opposition Leader’s commitment to build more public preschools
23 June 2022
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has today welcomed Opposition Leader Chris Minns’s announcement that a Labor State Government will provide a preschool for every new public primary school as well as building 100 extra public preschools in its first term.
Public and Catholic school teachers to strike on 30 June
21 June 2022
Section: Media Release
The decision to take 24-hour joint strike action on 30 June was made after a historic joint meeting between the executives of the NSW Teachers Federation and the Independent Education Union of Australia (NSW/ACT).
Federation welcomes NSW Government’s commitment to universal pre-kindergarten for all children
16 June 2022
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has today welcomed the Government’s announcement to invest more than $5.8 billion over 10 years to introduce universal pre-kindergarten for all children in NSW by 2030.
NSW Government given a week to act on teacher shortage crisis
14 June 2022
Section: Media Release
An extraordinary meeting of the NSW Teachers Federation Executive has today called on the NSW Government to immediately revise its wages policy and to urgently negotiate an outcome that will put an end to the teacher shortage crisis facing NSW schools.
Federation says paltry wage cap raise ‘adds insult to injury’
6 June 2022
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation has said the NSW Government’s announcement to lift the wages cap policy from 2.5 per cent to three per cent is not good enoughâ€.
Teachers Federation welcomes election of Albanese Government
22 May 2022
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation congratulates the Hon. Anthony Albanese MP and the ALP on winning government.
Teachers to go on strike in Sydney on May 4
3 May 2022
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation members will proceed with strike action in Sydney’s Macquarie Street on Wednesday May 4.
Federation welcomes Opposition’s pledge to ditch Government’s flawed student behaviour strategy
30 April 2022
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation has welcomed NSW Labor’s commitment in today’s Daily Telegraph to scrap the Perrottet Government’s controversial new student behaviour strategy policy should they win the election next year.
Federation calls on Premier to honour his commitment that no teacher would fall behind on wages
27 April 2022
Section: Media Release
With inflation now running at 5.1 per cent, the NSW Teachers Federation today called on Premier Dominic Perrottet to honour his commitment that no public sector worker would fall behind on wages.
Teachers to go on strike on May 4
26 April 2022
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation State Executive has today made the unanimous decision to proceed with strike action on Wednesday May 4.
Teachers Federation welcomes opportunity for a change in government
10 April 2022
Section: Media Release
NSW Teachers Federation has welcomed the announcement of the federal electionon May 21, with President Angelo Gavrielatos declaring: The Morrison Government has got to goâ€.
Federation welcomes defeat of One Nation’s hateful ‘Parental Rights’ Bill
17 March 2022
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation has wholeheartedly welcomed the NSW Government’s rejection of the hateful One Nation Parental Rights†Bill.
Teachers give NSW Premier a month to resolve shortages, salaries and workload issues
20 February 2022
Section: Media Release
In a historic move, NSW Teachers Federation State Council has resolved to defer further industrial action giving the Premier an opportunity to engage in genuine negotiations with the union.
Teachers to monitor effectiveness of COVID risk mitigation in schools
23 January 2022
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation will closely monitor the effectiveness of Covid risk mitigation measures as thousands of teachers and students…
The NSW Premier needs to listen to teachers and principals
7 December 2021
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation said today’s strike action sent a powerful message to the state’s premier about the need to…
Strike to proceed tomorrow as teacher shortages worsen in NSW
6 December 2021
Section: Media Release
Teachers and principals will walk out for 24 hours tomorrow as new figures show the number of vacant permanent teaching…
Growing teacher shortages and NSW could miss out on thousands of teachers
29 November 2021
Section: Media Release
A confidential government document warns NSW has a large and growing shortage of teachers and says the state could miss…
Teachers to strike over workload, salaries, and shortages
27 November 2021
Section: Media Release
NSW public school teachers and principals will strike on Tuesday December 7 over the Government’s failure to address unsustainable workloads and uncompetitive salaries which are contributing to growing shortages of…
Registered Nurse Must Be Maintained At Special Education School In St Ives
22 October 2021
Section: Media Release
The NSW Teachers Federation demands the retention of a Registered Nurse (RN) position at Sir Eric Woodward School for Special Purposes at St Ives.