Spotlight placed on LGBTIQ inclusion in the workforce
26 June 2020
Section: News
International Pride Month — June — is when many organisations reflect on LGBTIQ inclusive practices and how far they have come.
Once again, an inquiry will draw attention to the value of teachers’ work
19 June 2020
Section: News
The last time a comprehensive independent inquiry into the value of teachers’ work was conducted was in 2002, to inform Federation’s case in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission in 2003.
Systemic, funded approach needed to remedy lost learning time for HSC cohort
17 June 2020
Section: News
Federation has pursued the NSW government and Department of Education for more than a month seeking provision of a “catch up” program for HSC students, to make up for the loss of face-to-face lessons during the COVID-19 emergency.
Collective voices from the field will speak volumes to inquirers
15 June 2020
Section: News
Federation Representatives who have already made their school submission to the Valuing the Teaching Profession inquiry are encouraging other workplaces to do likewise.
Schools give their voice to teaching inquiry
11 June 2020
Section: News
Submissions are flowing in from schools across the state to the Valuing the Teaching Profession — an independent inquiry, emphasising the extent and complexity of changes to teachers’ work.
Plenty of interesting resources available to mark Refugee Week 2020
10 June 2020
Section: News
Federation continues to be a proud sponsor of the Refugee Council of Australia’s Refugee Week, 14–23 June.
TAFE funding central to commonwealth’s VET response
5 June 2020
Section: News
The urgent restoration of billions of dollars cut from TAFE funding must be central to the Morrison Government’s response to a Productivity Commission report on the vital vocational education and training (VET) sector.
Teaching is more complex, but not matched by pay
2 June 2020
Section: News
An overwhelming majority of Federation members believe teaching is more challenging and complex than ever before and that pay rates should better reflect the changed nature of their work, a new Federation survey has revealed.
Post it for Public Education Day
28 May 2020
Section: News
Prominent Australians have given their voice to recognise the vital role public schools, preschools and TAFE colleges play in strengthening our social, economic and cultural fabric ahead of Public Education Day on Thursday, 28 May.
Post-pandemic recovery must include action on climate change
27 May 2020
Section: News
“If not now, when?”
In This Together for Reconciliation Week
27 May 2020
Section: News
Today marks the start of celebrations and activities for National Reconciliation Week, which this year will use the theme “In This Together” and be acknowledged in the “virtual” space.
Federation work meets challenges of pandemic
22 May 2020
Section: News
During the COVID-19 restrictions, Federation has faced the challenge of providing professional learning for members and rescheduling many courses, seminars and conferences.
Win from ashes of TAFE EA
20 May 2020
Section: News
Despite the NSW Government walking away from the TAFE Enterprise Agreement in March, Federation has secured a commitment from TAFE NSW for certainty of ongoing employment for long-term temporary employees.
Colour and creativity for IDAHOBIT
19 May 2020
Section: News
LGBTIQ communities around the world celebrated International Day Against Homophobia, Biophobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) with colour and creativity on Sunday 17 May
Negotiating a crisis of pandemic proportions
As schools returned at the beginning of this year, we wondered how so many of our teachers and public school and TAFE communities would ever recover from the summer they had just endured.
TAFE staff meet challenges of pandemic
15 May 2020
Section: News
TAFE teachers and all related employees have done an incredible job of adjusting teaching and learning delivery to meet the needs of students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
TAFE Children Centres lever collective
14 May 2020
Section: News
Federation members teaching in TAFE Children Centres have demonstrated the value of working as a collective to achieve a range of employment and work health and safety protections for all staff members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.