Strong union message at workers’ memorial
Each year family members, unionists, workers and their loved ones gather to remember the lives lost in workplaces and to recommit to fighting for the living.
IEU Victorian Catholic Campaign: Term of Action
Your at a glance guide to SIA, Bargaining, and member actions.
IEU supports state school nurses taking industrial action
The IEU expresses its strong support for Victorian public school nurses, who have commenced protected industrial action to secure fair pay and safe workloads.
Watch now: Victorian Catholic bargaining update
Watch now: IEU General Secretary David Brear provides a bargaining and campaign update for members working in Victorian Catholic education.
IEU member seeks secondary teachers for Honours research into wellbeing
Karen Lichnovsky, a teacher and IEU member, is looking for current or former secondary teachers to complete a short survey that explores how workplace conditions contribute to emotional exhaustion.
Learning the realities of education: insights from fresh teachers
At the recent Teaching Forward Conference, early career teachers Andrew, Kobi and Taylah shared their pre-service experiences, proving a sense of humour – and perspective – was necessary to deal with the inevitable challenges faced early in an educator’s career.
From IE magazine: It’s time to safeguard education’s ‘first responders’
Urgent systemic support and reform is required to safeguard principals and maintain high-quality education.
Victorian Catholic bargaining: Ramping up the pressure in Term 2
It’s critical that IEU members in Victorian Catholic schools step up their actions to put pressure on for fair bargaining rights and a deal that delivers significant pay rises and addresses staff workloads and wellbeing.
IEU wage campaign at Lauriston receives mainstream media coverage
Melbourne’s mainstream media outlets have reported on IEU members at Lauriston Girls School rejecting an employer wage offer and taking industrial action
Constantly learning: IEU members on the first year of teaching
We asked a graduate teacher and his IEU Rep to reflect on the challenges and rewards for new teachers, and what this year’s cohort of educators can expect.
Training builds strength across the IEU
Nothing is more important for building bargaining strength than bringing key unionists together to learn and share knowledge. As an education union, this is central to the work.
An IEU Rep fighting for basic rights
Colette Deschamps says she wasn’t surprised by her colleagues’ support for the IEU’s Single Interest Authorisation campaign, because they felt their rights were being denied.
IEU Rep Karen Murphy on fairness, safety and respect
The SIA campaign motivated Karen Murphy to take on the role as Rep again, even as she approached retirement.
IEU Union Summer internship: Caleb Hayhoe-Castle and Lorelai Dubrovski
Union Summer is a paid internship run by Victorian Trades Hall Council and delivered in partnership with the Young Workers Centre, in which young people get first-hand experience of working with unions – like the IEU.
IEU Rep profile: Brianna Buza, Columba Catholic School Bunyip
Brianna, an Education Support staff member and Rep at this growing primary school in Gippsland, values the union’s people-centred approach to its work.
APHEDA-Union Aid Abroad: Supporting decent work in the Pacific and Southeast Asia
Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA is deepening its commitment to international solidarity through the Partnerships for Decent Work (PDW) across Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
IEU hints from public speaking training
Clear and confident communication is central to effective union work – whether addressing staff, speaking with parents, or advocating for members in difficult conversations. It is essential to advancing the IEU’s values.
Thriving Kids Report: IEU pushes for stronger backing for educators
The Thriving Kids Advisory Group Report outlines recommendations to support children under nine with developmental delay, autism, or low-to-moderate support needs – vital for IEU members working with students who have unfunded additional needs.
IEU on school security in the surveillance age
It’s time for workers to demand their rights are not trampled by employers using technology that breaches privacy.
Education support staff: Complex classrooms need supported staff
Education Support staff face poorly defined roles, low pay relative to responsibilities, limited job security, and inconsistent access to professional development and career progression.