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Articles from Western Teacher
9 August 2023
Every year thousands of schools, community organisations, universities and workplaces hold events across Australia for Wear it Purple Day.
9 August 2023
The SSTUWA has welcomed Education Minister Tony Buti’s new 10-point plan to tackle school violence.
9 August 2023
We know that unions have always stood collectively for and fought for equality, for Medicare, for superannuation and recently for better pay.
9 August 2023
No one wants to be in a position where they have to make a workers’ compensation claim, not least because of the difficulty of taking legal action if the insurer denies the claim.
9 August 2023
Earlier this year, the SSTUWA learned that following advice from the Department of Training and Workforce Development, WA TAFE colleges were not recognising pro-rata long service leave entitlements for members who started work directly after working for an interstate TAFE.
8 August 2023
Members are at the centre of everything we do and providing an avenue for your voices to be heard is a key role for your senior officers.
8 August 2023
Official figures have revealed Western Australian public schools are being underfunded by $31 million, with the shortfall rising to an incredible $374 million by the end of the decade.
8 August 2023
Safety in schools has become a priority community concern. Members cite safety as the second most significant reason to leave the profession, after workload. Schools are often just a place where the violence manifests, not necessarily the root cause.
19 June 2023
The Australian Education Union (AEU) and the Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) are jointly calling for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) education in schools...
19 June 2023
June at the SSTUWA is heralded by State Council Conference, which was held 9-10 June this year.
19 June 2023
National NAIDOC Week will take place between 2 to 9 July, celebrating and recognising the history, culture and many achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
19 June 2023
Kia ora! In April this year, SSTUWA Growth Team officer Chloe Hosking and I were extremely privileged to be part of the AEU delegation to the Post Primary Teachers’ Association’s New Educator Teachers Conference...
19 June 2023
The 1930s and 40s were book-ended by the Great Depression and another global conflict, which wrought enormous change to Australian society.
19 June 2023
A century and a quarter is how long your union has been around to advocate for public educators and the profession.
19 June 2023
The SSTUWA has outlined its proposal for smaller class sizes in WA public schools.
19 June 2023
June State Council Conference was the largest in recent times and befitting of celebrations held during the event to mark the SSTUWA’s 125-year anniversary.
19 June 2023
Australia is home to the oldest continuous culture in the world and a country whose vibrant and multicultural diversity is ever increasing.
19 June 2023
Last month, early childhood education (ECE) teachers were invited to participate in the SSTUWA’s first ECE Forum for 2023.
19 June 2023
The following is a transcript of SSTUWA President Matt Jarman’s
opening speech to June State Council Conference on 9 June 2023.
19 June 2023
The cold fact is that despite continuous reforms and growing investments over the past two decades, educational performance – and especially equitable performance – of Australia’s schools isn’t improving. Indeed, in many ways it is getting worse.
