News Articles for State School Teachers Union of WA

ANALYSIS: The state's education sector will be keeping an eye on the actions being taken to improve an outdated piece of legislation.

There's a schism between the digital haves and have nots in classrooms across the state.

The State School Teachers' Union of WA estimated more than 11,000 of its members walked off the job today, to demand higher pay from the state government.

Strikes, or the threat of them, may prove a potent force for change at some universities.

WA's teachers' union has accepted the state government's contentious offer of a 2.75 per cent pay increase and signed off on a new, two-year agreement.

Public sector unions in WA are willing to turn up the heat on the McGowan government over its pay policy.

ANALYSIS: With close to a dozen industrial agreements under negotiation and a forecasted salaries bill of $16.2 billion, the state government is holding firm on its public sector wages policy.

WA's teachers and policymakers could learn from industrial negotiations between their counterparts in NSW.

Australia's peak education and miscellaneous workers unions have teamed up to demand teachers receive priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Some in WA's education sector remain at odds over how and when to reopen schools, as the state takes steps to relax its strict social distancing policies.

Australian Medical Association of WA president Andrew Miller and the teachers' union have called for personal protective equipment (PPE) to be provided for use in the classroom, in a message that runs counter to government advice.

The State School Teachers' Union of WA is encouraging parents to keep students home where possible, highlighting increasing divisions over the state government's plans to recommence face-to-face learning next week.

The state government has said that classes will embark on a soft reopening in Term 2, as government and schools continue to debate whether teachers should have access to PPE.

The federal government has outlined seven principles for how public schools should respond to COVID-19, one day after Premier Mark McGowan reportedly began weighing whether to have classes return as normal in Term 2.

The state government has this morning announced that it is encouraging parents to keep their children at home, reflecting what it said were new guidelines based on national medical advice.

Teachers in Western Australia are being asked to endorse a new wage claim amid growing work demands.

Disputes over public sector pay rises have contributed to a significant increase in the number of working days lost to industrial action in WA.