To give members a choice of representation. Teachers, have the ability to join an association that's truly independent, not one selected by the Government or your employer. 

• All Teachers, including Senior Teachers, Head of Departments and Executive Principals can join.
  Membership fees do not differ based on your role, only depending on the amount of hours you work a fortnight (see our membership options).

TPAWA was a trade union and was fighting to be a trade union in the courts until the Queensland Government corruptly changed the law. This meant that we needed to restructure and become a company limited by guarantee (by becoming a federal non-for-profit organisation).

Although this change meant that we had to drop the title of "trade union", we still offer almost exactly the same (and we believe better) services to competitor trade unions. TPAWA fights for members in the media and guarantees the legal protection (representation in the Fair Work Commission, Human Rights Commission etc), professional indemnity insurance, Professional Development (optional), enterprise bargaining and more that you expect!

Read more about our new structure here.

We pride ourselves on being run by teachers, not union officials or bureaucrats and will never donate any of your money to politicians or their parties. 

For protection without the politics, join TPAWA instead of a trade union.

We guarantee strong advocacy on workplace policy, procedures and system changes. Under Federal Law, you are entitled to appoint one of our TPAWA representatives to the bargaining table to negotiate your Enterprise Agreement.

If you have an Enterprise Agreement that you would like us to bargain for you, please check the "Enterprise Bargaining Representation Request" section of your member dashboard. Once there, please check our list of Agreements we're currently negotiating and appoint us as your bargaining agent or complete the representation request form.