Public school counsellors will receive a $27,000 pay rise and teachers a $10,000 pay rise after negotiations between the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) and the NSW government reached an agreement on Tuesday. Acting president of the NSWTF Henry Rajendra announced the ...
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High school teachers from Sydney's northwest walked off the job this morning ahead of a visit from NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet. On Wednesday, around 40 teachers from Marsden High School congregated outside of school grounds carrying protest signs. Teachers staged ...
More »NSW teachers plan strike in the second week of term
NSW public school teachers will strike for 24-hours next week to protest “crippling” working conditions and unsatisfactory pay. Members of the NSW Teachers Federation held a state executive meeting on Tuesday, unanimously voting to take action on Wednesday May 4. ...
More »NSW Teachers Federation President says teachers left with ‘no alternative’ but industrial action
Following a meeting over the weekend the New South Wales Teachers Federation says it has been left with “no alternative" but to consider the "full range of strategies available to achieve the required reset in the salaries and conditions of ...
More »NSW teachers threaten to strike over new suspension policy
The NSW Teachers Federation has warned it will take industrial action in Term 2 if a controversial new suspension policy comes into effect. In a state council meeting last Saturday, the union's 300 members agreed to oppose the Department of ...
More »‘Disruptions’: Thousands of teachers to strike in NSW
NSW public school teachers have decided to go on strike next week to protest low pay and unmanageable workloads. The 24-hour strike will happen on Tuesday, December 7. “We anticipate significant, significant participation in this day of action,” NSW Teachers ...
More »NSW education officials have ‘no records’ of how many teachers have been vaccinated
NSW education officials have no idea how many teachers have been vaccinated, even as preparations continue to bring year 12 students back to Sydney classrooms. Authorities have also revealed they have no clue how many individuals will be out and ...
More »‘Dangerous, unsafe and unwise’: Positive cases at schools in NSW central coast, Lake Macquarie regions, unions want face-to-face learning return scrapped
The Bondi COVID-19 cluster crippling greater Sydney is threatening to bleed out into the regions of NSW, as two schools in the north of the state shut after positive cases among students. The ongoing lockdown and growing daily cases is ...
More »St Bernadette’s Primary Castle Hill closed due to Covid-19, teachers could strike over return to school
Two schools in Sydney have closed due to Covid-19 exposure, including a primary school in the Hills shire. St Bernadette’s Primary Castle Hill was slammed shut after a person who attended the after hours service provided by the school tested ...
More »Pfizer vaccine for Year 12 students in return to school plan
**Updated 29 July 2021** Some Sydney students in their last year of high school will be given priority for the Pfizer vaccine, after the government revealed doses would be directed from other parts of the state to allow a return to ...
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