Training builds strength across the IEU
Nothing is more important for building bargaining strength than bringing key unionists together to learn and share knowledge. As an education union, this is central to the work.
IEU hints from public speaking training
Clear and confident communication is central to effective union work – whether addressing staff, speaking with parents, or advocating for members in difficult conversations. It is essential to advancing the IEU’s values.
Conference inspires and informs teachers of tomorrow
The IEU hosted 2026 Teaching Forward Conference at RMIT, connected 160 students and graduates to the union, offering practical insights, and forging lasting links with Victoria’s major teaching institutions.
IEU Deputy General Secretary Kylie Busk: When in doubt, seek support
The work of educators has always been dynamic and complex, but every now and then a story about what staff are facing at work stops you in your tracks.
Know your rights: Flexible working arrangements
Anyone can request flexibility at work, but certain employees have a right to request flexible working arrangements under the Fair Work Act.
IEU General Secretary David Brear: The IEU is united for fairness
As our colleagues in Victorian government schools prepare to stop work as part of their campaign for significant improvements to wages and conditions, the IEU continues to fight for the right of staff in Victorian Catholic schools to do the same.
Year in review, 2025: New opportunities in training
The IEU’s 2025 training calendar delivered a comprehensive mix of skills-building, professional learning, and safety-focused programs designed for every stage of a member’s career.
Year in review, 2025: The IEU’s year in Tasmania
In 2025, Tasmanian IEU members turned collective action into wins: Catholic pay parity and workload relief, safer CET reporting, and visible equality advocacy.
Year in review, 2025: Education Support staff
The so-called ‘offer’ from Victorian Catholic employers contained no ES-specific measures — showing why the IEU’s work with this crucial cohort is so important.
Staff retention: It pays to pay attention
Employers continue to ignore proven ways to attract and retain staff: better salaries, manageable workloads, fair pay and conditions for support staff, and safer workplaces, writes the Deputy General Secretary Kylie Busk.
IEU calls for urgent climate action
Action on climate change is vital for safe, quality learning - two-thirds of Australian schools now face high climate risk.
IEU Reps, delegate’s rights laws and bargaining
Workplace delegates (Reps) now have legally protected rights that significantly strengthen their ability to represent members, especially during enterprise bargaining.
IEU Deputy General Secretary says staff safety is not an ‘extra’
With physical and psychological violence continuing to be a huge challenge in schools, consistent and meaningful support for educators is essential.
Education Support staff share their challenges and triumphs
ES members from the south-west have gathered at the historic Geelong Trades Hall to mark World Education Support Staff Day.
IEU gets a lesson from engaging young unionists
Union Summer interns participate in the work that the union does for members. But the union also listens to what the interns have to say, and this year they had an important message.
IEU backs National Teacher Workload Impact Assessment tool
Too often, new programs are foisted on the classroom without sufficient consideration of their impact on the people who must deliver them. The IEU is doing something about it.
Paid student placements: A win for IEU members and the future of education
The Commonwealth Practicum Payment, will provide eligible students with $319.50 per week during mandatory placements, starting 1 July 2025.
IEU General Secretary on the Victorian Catholic Agreement: Pay, workload, wellbeing
While pay rises and workload alleviation remain major priorities for Victorian Catholic school staff – whose salaries now trail those in other states – a recent IEU survey reveals that staff wellbeing is just as urgent an issue.
IEU quiz, May 2025
Test your knowledge of all things education, union and IEU with our time-honoured quiz.
Celebrating Education Support staff
On 16 May we celebrate World Education Support Personnel Day, recognising the vital contributions of Education Support Staff in our schools.