Catholic Bargaining in Victoria: time for progress and parity
While we’ve had around 45 meetings with Catholic employers and have been pushing to get this done at a reasonable rate, progress has been slower than we would like.
Insecure work in Catholic schools
There is still an unacceptably high level of Fixed-Term Contract (FTC) use in our schools. Often, a simple conversation is all that is required to get illegitimate fixed-term contracts converted to ongoing contracts.
From Sky News: Teachers pushing for more leave
More than 25,000 Catholic school teachers in Victoria have demanded a push for more leave, smaller classes and less teaching time.
From The Age: Catholic teachers call for better deal
The IEU says the reduction in employers in the Catholic school system ought to give teachers and staff the ability to bargain collectively and take protected industrial action in the event of a dispute - a right previously denied them.