Neoliberal logics have put teacher unions on the defensive, requiring evaluation of the resources and capabilities necessary to improve teachers’ industrial and professional conditions and broader public education issues. This article examines the case of a teachers' union in Australia – the NSW Teachers’ Federation – and their renewal of resources and capabilities in recent public education campaigns. In applying a power resources and capabilities framework to the analysis of two prominent campaigns, this article develops the argument for renewal of power resources and capabilities through mobilising and transforming narrative resources and reframing public education issues in order to challenge ideological narratives around public education, build discursive power and sustain influence within a neoliberal environment.

新自由主义的逻辑使教师工会处于防御状态，需要评估必要的资源和能力，以改善教师的工业和职业条件以及更广泛的公共教育问题。本文研究了澳大利亚教师工会（新南威尔士州教师联合会）的情况，以及他们在最近的公共教育活动中资源和能力的更新。在将权力资源和能力框架应用于两个重要运动的分析时，本文提出了通过动员和转化叙事资源并重新定义公共教育问题以挑战围绕公共教育的意识形态叙事来更新权力资源和能力的论点。在新自由主义环境中具有话语权和维持影响力。