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Schools
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ACARA is either incapable or uninterested in protecting our students
May 06, 2020Federation has written to ACARA seeking “meaningful action” over the publication in newspapers of school league tables, in contravention of the terms of use of My School data.
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May Day — a day of virtual workers’ struggle
May 04, 2020International Workers Day, 1 May, was this year celebrated virtually, with members from many unions connecting to an event hosted by the Unions NSW May Day Committee.
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Union pulled together as ‘Spanish flu’ hit
April 29, 2020The birth of Federation just over 101 years ago was shaped amid similarly extreme and uncertain times as is the case with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Teachers rock as term 2 rolls out
April 28, 2020Teachers returned to NSW schools to commence a difficult term on Monday with a spring in their step, overwhelmed by messages of support and recognition for their work from personalities, luminaries and parents around the country.
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Staffing Agreement signals union win
April 24, 2020While Federation has pursued the health and safety, industrial, employment and professional rights of teachers during this pandemic, the union has also secured a new 2020/21 Staffing Agreement that will commence day one, term 2.
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Union secures guarantees for casual and temporary staff
April 21, 2020After successful representations to the Department of Education, Federation has secured employment certainty for casual and temporary teachers amid the COVID-19 crisis.
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Union will not forget bushfire-affected communities
April 15, 2020Federation has refused to allow the escalating coronavirus pandemic to overshadow the response to last summer’s devastating bushfire season and the impact on our school and TAFE communities.
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Staggered return to ‘normal’
April 14, 2020The return to school after health restrictions begin to lift should be managed in stages, starting with kindergarten and year 12, Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos has proposed.
