Joining the SSTUWA gives you the protection of one of the State’s largest industrial and professional unions. The SSTUWA gives teachers a voice in the workplace and the community. We do this by assisting them to gain better pay, improved living standards, safe working environments and employment security, through collective bargaining and strength in the workplace.

Through the efforts of the SSTUWA, we have made considerable gains for teachers in Western Australia, including:

• Workplace health and safety
• Better wages, better conditions
• Membership benefits and discounts on a range of goods and services
• Free Journey Cover Insurance to and from work
• Discounted legal advice on any matter
• Help get better workplace laws
• Free membership of this website.
• Access to TOPS online planner

Why should I join the SSTUWA? The SSTUWA has been protecting the rights of teachers in Western Australian public schools since 1898 and has vast experience in this field.  We offer protection against unfair treatment at work.

The SSTUWA is a membership-based organisation and is funded entirely by our members. Our top priority is to look after our members and we take looking after members’ money seriously. We may also be unable to help you with individual workplace issues that existed prior to membership. Join now – don’t wait until something goes wrong!

The SSTUWA provides expert advice on:

• Wages, salaries and entitlements
• Hours of work
• Working conditions
• Occupational Health and Safety issues
• Workers’ compensation and journey cover
• Superannuation and other financial matters
• Training and education,  professional development
• Leave entitlements and holidays
• Promotional process and procedures
• and much more

“The best thing you can do to protect you and your family is to become a union member,” Sharan Burrow, Former ACTU President.