Education staff must be correctly classified
ES staff play a vital role in the smooth operation of schools, yet they are frequently misclassified under outdated structures that fail to reflect the complexity and responsibility of their work.
Australian federal election: Workers’ rights at stake
If worker rights matter to you, make sure you are fully informed about what is at stake in the upcoming federal election.
Australian federal election: Liberal Party plans on worker rights
The Liberal Party’s industrial policy is being shaped by the HR Nicholls Society, a think tank that drafts radical industrial relations policies while posing as an independent body. Their agenda? A full-scale attack on workers' wages, safety, and rights.
IEU Deputy General Secretary Kylie Busk on good faith bargaining
In schools where the workload goals of Agreements are subverted, staff burn out or seek work elsewhere, and the quality of education and student support suffers.
IEU embarks on a year of change and action
After undergoing a thorough strategic review process, the IEU Office has implemented key changes to service delivery for members, making the start of the school year even more exciting than usual for the union. Here’s what’s happening at the IEU.
Rep elections 2025
It’s election time for all IEU sub-branch Reps, and elections must be held in every workplace.
2024 in review: Student teachers and graduates
The student teacher / graduate program remains a core area for organising within our union, with the IEU committing an 0.4 staff loading to free up an Organiser to undertake this important work.
2024 in review: Education support staff
In 2024, support staff continued their valuable work assisting students and colleagues and the IEU continued to fight for improvements to their working conditions.
2024 in review: Tasmania - a busy year in all sectors
While the Catholic campaign demanded plenty of attention, other schools from Smithton to Geeveston also interacted with the union in 2024.
The IEU’s close relationship with our national office
Throughout 2024, the federal office (the IEUA) has worked on unsustainable workloads, restoring professional autonomy and leveraging recent industrial reforms passed by the federal government.
Deputy General Secretary: Achieving workload improvements and wage rises
In Australia, the education system is built on the back of asking overworked people to do more and asking good people to do more than they should.
The IEU’s ongoing campaign to recruit new students and graduates
The student teacher/graduate program remains a core area for our union, with the IEU freeing up an Organiser to undertake this important work.
IEU General Secretary David Brear says the upcoming Victorian Catholic campaign is about pay
The current Agreements covering Catholic schools in Victoria expire at the end of 2025 and we have already begun the process of preparing the campaign for their replacement.
IEU pushes for the law to address workplace surveillance concerns
The IEU Victoria Tasmania has made a submission to the Victorian Parliament inquiry into workplace surveillance, pointing out that students are a unique source of privacy breaches for employees working in schools.
IEU appoints expert to work on wages policy
The IEU has shown it is serious about prioritising wages in upcoming negotiations on Agreements by hiring renowned industrial expert Patrick Lee.
EI Conference: Education issues are global
The 10th quadrennial Education International (EI) World Congress convened in Buenos Aires in late July, and its sessions confirmed that education staff the world over share the same concerns and face similar issues.
Growing, engaging and retaining union membership
The IEU Member Journey Project is crucial to improving the retention of educators throughout their careers in non-government schools.
IEU supports right to disconnect to help curb educator workloads
The IEU welcomes new right to disconnect legislation and the efforts of many schools to ensure that staff and parents are aware of and act in accordance with these changes.
The importance of member retention
To build union power, we must recruit new members. But just as important to modern unions is member retention.
New workload assessment tool targets teacher burnout
IEU General Secretary David Brear says a new national teacher workload assessment tool is “an essential part of the overall strategy required to alleviate workload burdens”.