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.

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus has championed the right of workers to take protected strikes in multi-employer bargaining in a speech to the National Press Club.

From the teacher shortage crisis to the passing of a very significant woman, here’s some news and in-depth reports collected for your reading convenience.

Industrial action should be allowed in multi-employer bargaining, say academics consulting on the government’s promised IR legislation.

Campaigning for a deal and media coverage of it expands as glacial Catholic employers further frustrate exhausted staff.

Unfortunately it appears some staff are being unlawfully denied ongoing employment. Employers who deny employees their deserved status risk very significant penalties.  

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

BEWARE the hazards of delicious union-provided snacks!

How broken bargaining laws (and decisions by employers) deny thousands of IEU members the right to take protected industrial action.

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.

Teacher Christine Duff offers a linguistic solution to building the status of her profession.

Member frustration at employer inaction leads to rallies across the state.

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.

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.

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.

A four-part documentary series follows the lives of seven Indigenous boarding students at Geelong Grammar over the course of one pandemic-interrupted year.

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.