The New Deal on workloads: success stories
Many schools have fully embraced workload measures from the proposed Victorian Catholic Agreement, and their example proves how beneficial the changes can be for staff and students.
What’s the big (Victorian Catholic) DEAL?
Despite all the detail and technicalities of the deal, the most important thing to remember is that it’s all about tackling workloads and improving our working lives.
Progress is made on a deal in Victorian Catholic education
The IEU is pleased to announce that significant progress has been made towards an in-principle deal for a new Agreement.
Victorian Catholic bargaining impasse continues
The IEU has been negotiating with Victorian Catholic employers for over two years on a new Agreement, despite such deals being finalised long ago with Sale Diocese Catholic schools and in the state government sector.
Overdue backpay explained (sort of…)
Members in Victorian Catholic schools are about to receive some very long overdue backpay.
Veteran teacher shares his concerns for Catholic education
A 41-year education veteran lays out his fears for the teaching profession and offers his support for the campaign for workload improvements.
No More Freebies actions proliferate in MACS schools
Reps and members across MACS schools are rolling out actions to highlight the plight of overloaded education staff.
‘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.