19,03,24 | Collective bargaining
NSW Child Protection workers, who answer after-hours hotline calls from the public reporting at-risk kids, stopped work for two hours this week over chronic overwork, arbitrary staff suspensions and unreasonable workplace directives. The action comes after two senior...
27,02,24 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Member benefits, Union win, Workers' rights
Australian unions have welcomed news working people’s wages are finally rising after years of going backwards. It comes as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported last week that wages rose by more than the annual inflation rate for the first time since...
06,02,24 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Workers' rights
IEU members working in Toowoomba Catholic primary schools are leading by example to make use of important new provisions to tackle workload. Darling Downs IEU Organiser Matt Kliese said it was impressive local Chapters were proactively preparing to establish the Local...
14,11,23 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Workers' rights
The passing of new legislation that would get wages moving and help restore the rights of working people is being blocked in Parliament following a shameful campaign by big business. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Sectary Sally McManus said the Closing...
14,11,23 | Collective bargaining, Industrial advice, Union win
A full bench of Federal Court judges has ruled two Queensland Catholic school teachers are entitled to pay rises secured by new collective agreements despite the employees resigning before the replacement agreements took effect. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke...
17,10,23 | Collective bargaining, Hear Our Voice
Queensland Catholic school employers have shamefully failed to hear members’ concerns and are essentially putting the same document that IEU members first rejected in October to a second ballot. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said after employees in nearly 300...
05,10,23 | Collective bargaining, Early childhood, Union win
Thousands of Australian early childhood teachers employed by long day care centres and other service providers are set for better wages and working conditions after a joint union application to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) was approved. Our federal union, the IEUA,...
21,09,23 | Collective bargaining, Hear Our Voice
Teachers and support staff in nearly 300 Queensland Catholic schools across the state have voted no to an employer attempt to cut current working conditions. The outcome of the recent employee ballot for Queensland Diocesan schools saw 51% of voters reject the...
11,09,23 | Collective bargaining, Hear Our Voice
Teachers and support staff in Queensland Catholic schools across the state are set to vote no to cuts to current working conditions as an employer document goes to ballot tomorrow. Independent Education Union – Queensland and Northern Territory (IEU-QNT) Branch...
14,08,23 | Collective bargaining, Hear Our Voice, Member action
Thousands of employees across 34 Queensland Catholic schools will take protected industrial action tomorrow, Tuesday 15 August 2023. IEU-QNT members will stop work for five-minutes from 8:30-8:35am and undertake a range of “work bans” throughout the day. The action...
14,08,23 | Collective bargaining, Hear Our Voice, Member action
Hundreds of employees across 13 Toowoomba Catholic schools will take protected industrial action tomorrow, Tuesday 15 August 2023. IEU-QNT members will stop work for five-minutes from 8:30-8:35am and undertake a range of “work bans” throughout the day. The schools...
11,08,23 | Collective bargaining, Hear Our Voice, Workers' rights
In an Australian first, thousands of Queensland Catholic school employees in over 100 schools are set to lose a full day’s pay for taking a five-minute work stoppage and a range of limited work bans on Tuesday, 15 August 2023. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said...
10,08,23 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Union win
National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members have secured a sector-leading 18% pay rise for staff at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Over 95% of staff voted up the proposed four-year agreement this week. Other key wins in the new agreement include almost...
07,08,23 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Workers' rights
Nurses employed by the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS) in Queensland are fighting for better pay rates, with most currently receiving more than 25% less than colleagues in public and private hospitals. Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union (QNMU)...
07,08,23 | Collective bargaining, Professional issues, Teachers
A 2.5% wage offer over four years for New South Wales (NSW) public sector teachers has been slammed by teacher unions. The NSW government has reneged on a previous deal that would have seen its teachers among the best paid in the country, according to the NSW...
18,07,23 | Collective bargaining, Union win
IEU members employed at the Islamic College of Brisbane have secured 20 days of paid pandemic leave in their new collective agreement. Organiser Mary May said the new provision means school staff will not be forced to deplete their sick or personal leave balances if...
26,04,23 | Collective bargaining, Union win
Members at Mackay Christian College are the first single-site school in the region to secure a paid pandemic leave entitlement in their new collective agreement. IEU Organiser Krystal Pearson said the replacement collective agreement endorsed by Mackay Christian...
16,03,23 | Collective bargaining, Workers' rights
Union members at the ABC will take strike action next week as they continue their campaign for sustainable careers and equal pay for journalists in the regions, from diverse backgrounds and women. As reported yesterday (15 March 2023) in the Brisbane Times, “more...
20,02,23 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Union win
IEU members at Caloundra City Private School (CCPS) have secured enhanced wage increases after voting down an initial employer proposal that would have paid them less. IEU Sunshine Coast Organiser Tahn Donaldson said following member action, the employer has now...
20,02,23 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Workers' rights
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has warned the recent case of wage theft by the University of Melbourne highlights a widespread problem within Australia’s higher education sector. According to the NTEU, a shameful and growing list of employers in the...
01,02,23 | Collective bargaining, Workers' rights
More than 120,000 teachers across England and Wales were expected to walk off the job this week to demand better pay and working conditions. After a decade of paltry wages in the state-funded school system and inflation reaching double digits, the National Education...
28,11,22 | Collective bargaining, Equity, Workers' rights
Australian workers can have hope – hope that the decade of policies that have suppressed wages is over thanks to the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill. Hope that this legislation delivers more secure jobs and better pay and make work fairer for women.
23,11,22 | Collective bargaining, Workers' rights
The federal government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill would change the working lives of many Australians – making collective bargaining fairer and restoring balance to the process – the exact reason why so many employers are fighting against the Bill. IEU-QNT...
21,11,22 | Collective bargaining, Workers' rights
A plan for “indefinite” non-contact duties and no provision for release time used for planning, preparation and correction (PPCT) are just wish-list items the employer at The Essington School is seeking during collective bargaining negotiations. The employer has a...
01,11,22 | Collective bargaining, Jobs Summit, Union win, Workers' rights
Big business and employer groups’ pushback on legislative changes designed to improve wages and balance out the bargaining process smacks of hypocrisy following their decade-long failure to protect workers. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said employer and big...
01,11,22 | Collective bargaining, Union win, Workers' rights
IEU members have welcomed the federal government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill as an important first step to fairer workplace laws. IEU Federal Secretary Christine Cooper said these changes will make a difference to the wages and working lives of countless members...
13,10,22 | Collective bargaining, Workers' rights
The denial of basic industrial action by the Fair Work Commission (FWC), which was to include a ban on answering the phone, is the latest example of just how broken Australia’s bargaining laws are. In a bizarre attack on attempted industrial action by the National...
12,10,22 | Collective bargaining, Member action
Queensland Anglican members are rejecting the proposed Hours of Duty model due to be rolled out in schools next year, after an employer-run desktop trial revealed significant and widespread issues. IEU-QNT Organiser Susan O’Leary said members were calling for a freeze...
09,08,22 | Collective bargaining, Reconciliation, Union win
IEU members at Hymba Yumba have secured powerful new provisions in their collective agreement, the first of their kind in education, which will contribute towards Closing the Industrial Gap. Organiser Aaron Watson said Hymba Yumba Independent School in Springfield is...
04,08,22 | Collective bargaining, Union win
Catholic employing authorities have or are communicating to their teaching and non-teaching staff that they will commence paying the full wage increase due to employees under the collective agreement now that the public sector 2022 wage increase is known. Background...
15,07,22 | Collective bargaining, Workers' rights
NSW Government seeks to impose $110,000 fines for workers who go on strike directly undermining the right to strike in legislation. This unprecedented move would see unions and their members liable for legal costs that would accumulate to hundreds of thousands of...
09,06,22 | Collective bargaining
Carinity Education is forcing a vote on inferior pay and conditions that would leave staff worse off over the next three years. IEU Organiser Richard Pascoe said the offer from Carinity, which operates five special assistance schools across Queensland, was divisive....
19,11,21 | Collective bargaining, Member action, School support staff, Teachers
Our union’s annual Excellence Awards were presented to recipients at the 2021 IEU-QNT AGM, recognising the contributions of some of our most active members.
16,07,21 | Collective bargaining, Member action
Negotiations for the new Queensland Anglican schools collective agreement are at a critical stage, with members called upon to give urgent feedback on final workload and wage issues. IEU Assistant Secretary Brad Hayes said after six bargaining meetings, key wage and...
04,03,21 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Union win
The latest round of collective bargaining in the Queensland Lutheran sector has resulted in significant wins for school officers. Since their inclusion in our union over 30 years ago, school officers have remained a core part of our membership and we are committed to...
12,02,21 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Workers' rights
IEU members are calling on Queensland crossbench senators Pauline Hanson and Malcom Roberts to help stop the federal government’s plan to weaken important worker protections and allow employers to cut pay and conditions below the minimum award safety net. IEU...
12,02,21 | Collective bargaining, Member action, School support staff
The initial phase of the Queensland Catholic School Officer Joint Working Party (JWP) has concluded, and members can access the final report here. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said our union and the employers are now in a further phase – the development of a...
12,02,21 | Collective bargaining, COVID-19, Workers' rights
This week’s announcement by the federal opposition of a comprehensive plan to address insecure work and casualisation has been welcomed by IEU members and the broader Australian union movement. With almost a third of Australian workers in insecure work, the ALP’s...
03,12,20 | Collective bargaining, Industrial advice, Workers' rights
The federal government’s plan to change the better off overall test (BOOT) as part of sweeping industrial relations reforms would put the working future of all Australians at risk. During a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday (2 December 2020), Australian...
03,12,20 | Collective bargaining, Union win
Employees in Queensland Lutheran schools have agreed to a new collective agreement with enhanced working conditions after a long collective bargaining campaign characterised by an unprecedented attack on conditions by Lutheran Education Queensland (LEQ). IEU members...
03,12,20 | Collective bargaining, Industrial advice, Member action
Our union has today (3 December 2020) taken the extraordinary step of taking the Toowoomba Catholic Education Office and Downlands College to the Federal Court following their respective failures as employers to provide backpay to a number of employees. The case...
01,10,18 | Collective bargaining
In the September quarter last year, 642 collective agreements were approved by the Fair Work Commission – the lowest number since 1995. The data follows news that more than 850 collective agreements have been terminated in the past three years, forcing 120,000 workers...
01,05,18 | Collective bargaining, Member action, Member benefits
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, combined with recent wage outcomes in our sector, provide a clear and compelling message – join your union for better pay. This will come as no huge surprise to our members and their employers. However, sometimes...
