Victorian Catholic school employers reject fair bargaining – again
For the second time, the Victorian Catholic Education Authority (VCEA) has refused the IEU’s request to negotiate a new Agreement under a Single Interest Authorisation (SIA).
Across Victoria, IEU sub-branches grow the Catholic school campaign
As the Victorian Catholic campaign gathers momentum, sub-branches have shared clear and strong views on their priorities for the new Agreement
Labor must end discrimination in faith-based schools
Federal law currently allows religious schools to discriminate on the basis of pregnancy, relationship status, or sexual identity or orientation.
Liam Byrne’s history of Australian union action hits the shelves
This powerful book is a timely reminder of the essential role unions have played in shaping modern Australia.
Know Your Rights: Surveillance of staff
In Victorian and Tasmanian schools and workplaces, surveillance of staff is subject to strict legal and ethical guidelines to protect workers’ rights.
A day of remembrance and resolve: Worker’s Memorial Day 2025
IEU members and Victorian government leaders have gathered to honour workers who died or were injured at work in the past year.
IEU backs National Teacher Workload Impact Assessment tool
Too often, new programs are foisted on the classroom without sufficient consideration of their impact on the people who must deliver them. The IEU is doing something about it.
Rep profile: Therese Holland, Annunciation Catholic Primary school
Tess brings a wealth of knowledge about EBAs and staff entitlements from her experience in government schools.
Stronger together: New support sessions for IEU Health and Safety Reps
The IEU is committed to ensuring every workplace has a well-trained, confident HSR equipped to advocate for staff wellbeing.
Victorian Catholic education member survey: other issues!
Our articles about the survey have focused on important specific issues. But the survey also revealed many important issues that cannot be easily categorised.
Victorian Catholic education member survey: Dangerous student and parent behaviour
Not all the insights offered in this survey were to do with pay and workload. Members made it clear that their safety is being compromised at work.
Victorian Catholic education member survey: Principals and deputy principals
Most deputy principals and principals work significant overtime, during both term and holidays, and the majority believe their current remuneration doesn’t reflect the extra hours they work.
Victorian Catholic education member survey: Education Support staff
Education Support (ES) staff have raised serious concerns about inadequate pay, increasing workloads, and a lack of recognition of their work in their responses to the survey.
Victorian Catholic education member survey: Workload
The main reason cited for pay dissatisfaction (55%) by members in Victorian Catholic schools was that ‘the work is more demanding than the pay reflects’.
Victorian Catholic education member survey: Pay
Victorian Catholic education staff have sent a clear message: pay must be the number one priority in the next Agreement.
Rep profile: Christa Christie, St Brendan Shaw College, Devonport
Becoming a Rep enabled Crista to explore a lifelong interest in worker’s rights.
Paid student placements: A win for IEU members and the future of education
The Commonwealth Practicum Payment, will provide eligible students with $319.50 per week during mandatory placements, starting 1 July 2025.
Involvement, belief and loving the school: How Strathcona staff won out
Rep Ella Robinson explains the key elements of a successful campaign which sets a benchmark for what can be achieved when committed members hold firm.
Strathcona staff act to achieve a great deal
Teachers and teaching assistants at Strathcona Girls Grammar School have taken protected industrial action to achieve more sustainable workloads in a new Enterprise Agreement.
IEU General Secretary on the Victorian Catholic Agreement: Pay, workload, wellbeing
While pay rises and workload alleviation remain major priorities for Victorian Catholic school staff – whose salaries now trail those in other states – a recent IEU survey reveals that staff wellbeing is just as urgent an issue.