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As COVID-19 continues to reap havoc and draw the public’s attention, governments across Canada are sharing a privatisation playbook as they use the pandemic as cover to transform publicly funded public education.

There is a measurable advantage in being a union member. This point is fundamental to everything that follows.

Wear it Purple Day on 27 August is about showing LGBTIQ+ young people that they have the right to be proud of who they are.

Education workers are invited to participate in a new sporting games event being held in Mandurah during the school holiday period in October.

We, the undersigned experts in education, are teachers, education support professionals, principals, early childhood educators, lecturers, associate professors and professors. We are First Nations people who collectively embody a millennia of minutes, thousands of hours, and hundreds of decades of long, hard work in the Australian education industry.

More than 150 Indigenous education experts and practitioners have issued a statement responding to mistruths in relation to the Australian Curriculum review by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

Sarah Dawkins was the 2020 SSTUWA participant in the Anna Stewart Memorial Project. She shares her experiences

Casual teachers play an important role supporting students when their teachers are on leave, or a school requires additional support.

Along with the SSTUWA’s Mid-West schools organiser Sam Yates, I recently visited schools and members badly affected by Cyclone Seroja which tore through the region in April this year.

About 81 per cent of respondents to the SSTUWA’s State of our Schools survey have considered leaving the teaching profession in the past four years as increased workloads have led to many fearing for their personal health and well-being.

As you read this article materials will have arrived at your workplace to assist your involvement in discussing the SSTUWA’s Log of Claims.

The collegiate principals (CP) initiative has been moving along at a pleasing pace, with the more than 450 requests from school leaders (as of late Term 2) to be involved in the program, reflecting its importance.

Western Australia’s economy is handling the impacts of COVID-19 better than anyone anticipated, and we’re expecting a multi-billion dollar surplus in the next budget. But at the same time that our economy is booming, education funding per child is falling and teachers’ wages are stagnant.

June State Council Conference was recently held at the SSTUWA’s headquarters in West Perth.

The Morrison Government’s 2021-22 federal budget has been another profound fail for public school and TAFE staff, students and parents across the nation.

The ACTU supports a recent vote by state and federal WHS ministers to regulate psychosocial hazards.

Wage increases for working people are essential for the recovery from the pandemic and the arguments being made against them are in bad faith and dangerous to the economy, according to a new report from think tank group Per Capita.

The Minister for Education Alan Tudge has claimed the UK as the new benchmark for education performance while ignoring serious flaws in the reporting of its results. He has also misrepresented data on school funding and student results in Australia.

Being a member of the State School Teachers’ Union of WA is certainly a great investment in your career. Educators work hard to achieve our qualifications and give our all for our students, so it is reassuring to know that the SSTUWA has got you covered.