The State School Teachers Union of W.A. (Inc.) (SSTUWA) is an Australian trade union. It represents teachers working in the Western Australian state school system, which includes public schools and

TAFE Technical and further education or simply TAFE (), is the common name in English-speaking countries in Oceania for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational cours ...

institutes, and is affiliated with the federal

Australian Education Union The Australian Education Union (AEU) is an Australian trade union, founded in 1984 as the Australian Teachers Union, which is registered with Fair Work Australia as an employee group, and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Union ...

. It has been in continuous existence since 1898.

Purpose

The SSTUWA has a number of roles, including * Negotiating conditions of employment and salaries, with the

Department of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

, for public school teachers working under the ''School Education Act Employees' Agreement (Teachers and Administrators)''. * Negotiating conditions of employment and salaries for TAFE lecturers working under the ''Western Australian TAFE Lectures' General Agreement''. * Advocating for improvements in the Western Australian state school system at a local,

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and

federal Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

level.

References

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External links

Official website
Trade unions in Western Australia Education trade unions Trade unions established in the 1890s Teaching in Australia Australian Public Sector Trade Unions