‘You are the union’: Rep Training Day turbocharges No More Freebies campaign
More than 50 Reps share ideas on escalating the No More Freebies campaign in search of a deal in Victorian Catholic education.
Enough is enough: No More Freebies campaign explodes into action!
IEU members have hit the ground running with the No More Freebies campaign, launching varied actions that will make it clear they are sick of their dedication being taken for granted.
A shameful anniversary: two years since the last pay rise for most Victorian Catholic education staff
The first of October 2022, marks 730 days since the last pay rise for staff in most Victorian Catholic schools. Two years. It’s a lousy anniversary.
No More Freebies: IEU MACS campaign escalates
The IEU calls on all members in MACS schools to refuse to perform any work beyond that legally required of them from the commencement of Term 4.
No shock: experts say workload is a massive issue for teachers
While Catholic employers in Tasmania and Victoria resist the need for action on teacher workloads, report after report declares overwork is the major driver of impending teacher shortages.
Hold-out employers hit with a MACS truck
Campaigning for a deal and media coverage of it expands as glacial Catholic employers further frustrate exhausted staff.
DENIED THE RIGHT TO STRIKE: how broken bargaining laws prevent IEU members from taking protected industrial action.
How broken bargaining laws (and decisions by employers) deny thousands of IEU members the right to take protected industrial action.
Separate negotiations sought in Victorian Catholic Bargaining
Over recent weeks, a new Agreement was strongly supported by staff in the Sale Diocese, and IEU member actions have had a positive impact on bargaining.
Victorian Catholic Bargaining: turning up the heat
Member frustration at employer inaction leads to rallies across the state.
Media broadcasts the frustration of IEU members over MACS inaction
In late July, the central Victorian media took a keen interest in actions held IEU members in Bendigo and Ballarat intended to highlight the lack of progress being made on an Agreement for education staff in ‘MACS’ schools.
Proposed Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Limited Enterprise Agreement 2022
After more than 50 meetings over 10 months, we have reached an in-principle deal with Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd for a new Agreement with a focus on addressing workloads for staff in Catholic schools.
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.