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.
Work Shouldn’t Hurt survey – help improve safety in the workplace
The ACTU Centre for Health and Safety has extended its annual OH&S survey until 11 October. Have your say and help improve Australian workplace safety.
McManus backs worker strike rights in multi-employer bargaining
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.
Education and union reading
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.
From the Sydney Morning Herald: IR experts back strikes, union role in multi-employer wage deals
Industrial action should be allowed in multi-employer bargaining, say academics consulting on the government’s promised IR legislation.
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.
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.
Let’s stick together to get through Term 3
Overworked teachers will have to dig deep again in Term 3.