
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.

IEU will prosecute the misuse of fixed-term contracts
Unfortunately it appears some staff are being unlawfully denied ongoing employment. Employers who deny employees their deserved status risk very significant penalties.

Support petition to extend paid family and domestic leave to all Australian workers
Australia Unions have relaunched their petition campaigning for ten days of family and domestic leave to be extended to all Australian workers.

Updated: the delicious tale of ‘Tim Tam-gate’
BEWARE the hazards of delicious union-provided snacks!
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.

Only Teachers – with a capital T – can teach
Teacher Christine Duff offers a linguistic solution to building the status of her profession.

Tasmanian Catholic employers — from the ridiculous to the unconscionable
The behaviour of the Tasmanian Catholic Education Office (TCEO) – which still refuses to properly bargain on a new Agreement – is descending into farce.

Victorian Catholic Bargaining: turning up the heat
Member frustration at employer inaction leads to rallies across the state.

From The Conversation: Treat teaching as a profession not a trade
While well-intended, the ideas on offer at the Teaching Shortage Summit address the symptoms, rather than the cause. We need a plan to address the real problem.

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.

IEU records legal win over school’s ‘unconscionable conduct’ during lockdowns
The IEU has recorded an emphatic legal win for a member at Peninsula Grammar by forcing the school to honour its fee discount for staff with children at the school.

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.

From The Age: Off Country’s tough lessons on indigenous education
A four-part documentary series follows the lives of seven Indigenous boarding students at Geelong Grammar over the course of one pandemic-interrupted year.

From The Conversation: No wonder no one wants to be a teacher
When you look at the harsh criticism and blame placed on teachers, it’s no wonder we are not attracting enough new people to the profession and struggling to retain the ones we have.

Let’s stick together to get through Term 3
Overworked teachers will have to dig deep again in Term 3.

The ordeals of Jen and Sandy: the need for fair redundancy provisions
Two Tasmanian IEU members endured a process of redundancy that took many months and many trips to Fair Work to resolve. We talked to them about how the experience affected them.

Independent schools: bargaining round-up
Workload reductions are key claims within EBA negotiations, as the IEU and many hard-working bargaining reps strive to achieve the best outcomes for members.

Education Vaccine Mandates Lifted
On the advice of the Acting Chief Health Officer, the vaccine mandate covering workers in education settings will be lifted on Friday 24 June.

Know Your Rights: working on personal leave
We all want what’s best for the students and we all go “above and beyond” for them, but when the principal demands work from you when you’re on leave, what are the rules?