Union helps members collect backpay owed
3 September 2020
Section: News
Federation has supported TAFE members to gain backpay in excess of $200,000 in 2019 and 2020, with some individual claims exceeding $50,000.
Survey reveals sorry state of sector
2 September 2020
Section: News
TAFE urgently requires investment from all levels of government to ensure it can deliver high-quality vocational education and be at the forefront of Australia’s post COVID-19 recovery.
Crucial cases in play for pay rises
30 August 2020
Section: News
Federation has lodged a bargaining dispute with the Fair Work Commission regarding TAFE NSW’s refusal to honour the agreement reached with Federation about pay increases for teachers and related employees.
TAFE’s $92bn benefit to economy
27 August 2020
Section: News
TAFE has provided a $92.5 billion benefit to the Australian economy, according to a new report that recommends a further $2.5 billion investment in wage subsidies for apprentices to help stem the collapse in new positions.
In this crisis, Federation has you covered
13 August 2020
Section: News
Much of the business of Federation in 2020 has centred on the issues and concerns raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, largely unravelling the conflicting and confusing decisions and advice emanating from the state and federal governments at the height of the crisis.
Education at the core of jobs-led virus recovery
25 July 2020
Section: News
More than a million secure jobs would flow into the Australian workplace under a comprehensive five-point economic reconstruction plan developed by the ACTU to steer the nation through a COVID-10 recovery.
JobTrainer must fund TAFE to build recovery
20 July 2020
Section: News
It is essential that the JobTrainer announcement of a combined $1 billion federal, state and territory subsidy to boost Vocational Education and Training (VET) is focused on delivering high-quality education through TAFE.
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.
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.
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.
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.
TAFE is up to the task
7 April 2020
Section: News
TAFE is part of the NSW Government’s strategy to rebound from the economic slump that has accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic — offering 21 fee-free, accredited, online TAFE short courses to reskill job seekers and workers.
TAFE lessons halted; teachers to prepare for new delivery modes
30 March 2020
Section: News
TAFE NSW has suspended training and educational delivery from Monday, 30 March, until the start of term 2 in response to the threat of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Support to deal with complaints
12 March 2020
Section: News
Federation has recently received a number of inquiries from members seeking support in relation to complaints against teachers in TAFE.
Classes in disarray amid fire clean-up
10 March 2020
Section: News
As communities on the NSW South Coast continue the clean-up effort after the destructive bushfires, TAFE courses are in disarray with enrolments down and classes cancelled.
Bathurst course revs up motorsport careers
7 March 2020
Section: News
TAFE automotive students were put on a fast track to a motorsport career as part of a short course during the Bathurst 12-Hour event at Mt Panorama earlier this term.
TAFE review must restore key funding
7 March 2020
Section: News
Federation will highlight the failed privatisation policies of successive state and federal governments during the NSW Government’s review of the vocational education and training system.
Signatures demand rethink on trades centre location
18 February 2020
Section: News
Federation members and Bega locals are calling for a moratorium on the construction of a TAFE trades centre.
Wrong site for Bega campus
15 December 2019
Section: News
Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education Geoff Lee has chosen the wrong location for the Bega TAFE construction project.
Survey will guide salary bargaining
12 December 2019
Section: News
Federation has been holding meetings with TAFE members to undertake a survey and discuss upcoming enterprise bargaining.
Money to TV star would be better spent on TAFE
6 December 2019
Section: News
TV host and tradie Scott Cam will be paid $345,000 (excluding GST) over 15 months for his role as National Careers Ambassador, while the Morrison government continues to undermine the TAFE system.