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...
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)...
18,07,23 | Industrial advice, Member action, Union win
The intervention of our union has led to several IEU members being converted from fixed-term to continuing employment status. IEU-QNT Industrial Services Officer John Tully said from 2021, a number of IEU members at a Queensland Catholic school were hired on...
03,03,23 | Member action, Reconciliation
IEU Branch Secretary, and caretaker of our union’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Terry Burke said taking action on Close the Gap Day was more important than ever. “Unfortunately, the most recent annual Closing the Gap report indicates only limited progress for...
23,02,23 | Member action, Reconciliation
The IEUA is committed to supporting a ‘Yes’ referendum outcome to enshrine a First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution. IEUA Federal Assistant Secretary Brad Hayes said A First Nations Voice is a historic step towards true reconciliation and will help tackle...
20,02,23 | Early childhood, Member action
Our union has welcomed our members’ voices being heard at the recent National Early Years Summit in Canberra to develop the Commonwealth Early Years Strategy. Last month’s Summit was attended by a diverse range of industry stakeholders who participated in the...
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 | Member action, Workers' rights
This year the Labour Day/ May Day weekend will be celebrated on 29 April – 1 May across Queensland and the Northern Territory. Labour Day (Queensland) and May Day (Northern Territory) are significant in union history. For IEU members, it is a time to come together to...
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 | Member action, Union win
Australian International Islamic College (AIIC) members have achieved significant wins to working conditions and pay after running a successful, grass-roots campaign across campuses. Some of the key enhancements to working conditions in their new collective agreement...
07,11,22 | Member action, Professional issues
Our union’s Strong Libraries = Strong Schools campaign continues, with members making use of the new Rate your School Library Tool to provide feedback on the state of their school library. IEU-QNT Chapters have also affirmed their commitment to ensuring a prosperous...
03,11,22 | Member action, Professional issues
The federal government’s draft National Teacher Workforce Action Plan (the Action Plan) to address widespread teacher shortages has been released for public consultation. The Action Plan has been developed as a result of the Teacher Workforce Working Group (the...
13,10,22 | Member action, Reconciliation, Union win
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Executive has passed a resolution committing to the success of the ‘Yes’ campaign at the upcoming referendum on the question of whether a First Nations Voice should be enshrined in the Australian Constitution. ACTU...
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...
12,10,22 | Member action, Union win
Staff employed in Presbyterian & Methodist Schools Association (PMSA) schools will receive a significant out of cycle wage increase and a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) as a one-off payment, in a decision commended by our union. IEU Organiser Susan O’Leary said...
01,09,22 | Equity, Member action, Union win, Workers' rights
Our union’s advocacy has resulted in the Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) accepting and upholding an IEU members’ discrimination and sexual harassment complaint, despite it being raised outside the strict 12 month time limitation. IEU-QNT Industrial Services...
11,08,22 | Member action, Union win
The IEU Chapter at the Samford Valley Steiner School have secured their very first collective agreement with the ongoing support of our union, winning key work conditions and wages protections. IEU Organiser Nicole Lakidis said getting the agreement over the line was...
03,08,22 | Member action
Two IEU-QNT members have been acknowledged for their outstanding contributions within the Queensland Catholic education community at the 2022 Spirit of Catholic Education Awards. Members Kay Holmes from Our Lady’s College (Brisbane) and Brian Cantwell from St Joseph’s...
15,06,22 | Member action, Workers' rights
The right to a safe and healthy work environment is now enshrined int the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) framework of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. The right to a healthy and safe workplace was adopted as a new fundamental right at this...
31,05,22 | Member action, Union win
Our union’s strong collective voice has again made a difference, securing the payment of an interim 2% pay rise for Catholic school staff in a meeting between our union and employer representatives yesterday (Monday, 30 May). IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said...
27,05,22 | Equity, Member action
This year’s National Reconciliation Week (NRW) theme of Be Brave. Make Change is a timely one, given Australians have elected a new federal government committed to making change for First Nations Peoples. In addition to committing to implementing the Uluru Statement...
25,05,22 | Equity, Member action
26 May is National Sorry Day, a day to remember and acknowledge the shameful mistreatment of First Nations Peoples and the Stolen Generations who were forcibly removed from their families and communities. 26 May 2022 also marks five years since the Uluru Statement...
23,05,22 | Member action, Union win
A new government brings new opportunities to achieve the real change our members have been calling for, writes IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke. While the election is over, our union’s advocacy continues and we are ready to be part of change. We are ready to make...
17,05,22 | Member action, Workers' rights, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
Recent wet weather and unseasonably high levels of humidity across Queensland has led to an increase in the prevalence of mould being reported at school sites. Members should be aware of the dangers associated with mould in the workplace and ensure their IEU chapter...
16,05,22 | Member action, Workers' rights
Queensland Catholic employers seeking to freeze school officer wages despite the deepening cost of living crisis, with teachers likely to follow. School officers and services staff should have received a wage increase from 1 May 2022 with teachers scheduled for an...
16,05,22 | COVID-19, Member action, Workers' rights
Over 7000 aged care workers have walked off the job in protest at the current federal government’s inaction to address workload and low wages within the aged care sector. Thousands took the action in protest of the current federal government’s failure fix working...
03,05,22 | Member action, Workers' rights
IEU members joined tens of thousands of union members from across Queensland and the Northern Territory over the long weekend to celebrate Labour Day/ May Day 2022. This year, members took part in events held in Alice Springs, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Darwin,...
28,04,22 | Member action
This Labour Day/May Day long weekend, members will gather across Queensland and the Northern Territory to celebrate the IEU difference. Festivities return to a more familiar calendar of events this year after pandemic disruptions. Members have been on the frontline...
11,04,22 | Equity, Member action
Held between Sunday, 3 July and Sunday, 10 July, NAIDOC Week 2022’s theme of Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! acknowledges First Nations Peoples’ proud history of getting up, standing up and showing up. From the frontier wars and our earliest resistance fighters to our...
11,04,22 | Equity, Member action
Held annually, National Reconciliation Week (NRW) occurs between 27 May and 3 June, dates which mark historically significant milestones for First Nations People and Australia’s reconciliation journey: the 1967 referendum and the Mabo decision. Be Brave. Make Change....
11,03,22 | Equity, Member action
As Close the Gap Day 2022 on 17 March approaches, our union encourages members to contemplate the persisting gap in outcomes between First Nations and non-First Nations Peoples. To mark the Close the Gap Day this year, we encourage IEU Chapters to take proactive and...
23,02,22 | Member action
IEU member action has made the difference in overcoming an employer attempt to direct teachers to work beyond their hours of duty. In this case, an IEU Chapter Rep suspected teachers at a metropolitan Catholic primary school were working in excess of the hours of duty...
23,02,22 | Early childhood, Member action, Union win, Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)
An IEU member’s initiative and action at their kindergarten has solved a significant COVID-19 Work Health and Safety (WHS) issue. The Brisbane-based member realised that during the first few weeks of kindergarten returning this year, despite some COVID-19 safety...
22,02,22 | Member action, School support staff, Workers' rights
Northern Territory Catholic school members remain locked in a dispute with their employer who has failed to pay staff their public holidays loadings for many years. IEU members employed as boarding school staff at St John’s Catholic School (Darwin) contacted our union...
22,02,22 | COVID-19, Member action, Workers' rights
Our union is calling on school employers to provide immediate access to paid pandemic leave for staff who test positive to COVID-19 or are exposed to the virus and required to comply with public health directives. Unfortunately, employers in the non-government...
11,01,22 | COVID-19, Member action
IEU-QNT members absolutely reject any notion of an additional week being added to the school year in their sector, after the Queensland government announced the school year is to be extended by a week in Queensland state schools. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke...
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.
18,11,21 | Member action, Professional issues
Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Paul Giles reflects on the recent survey undertaken by our union regarding the implementation of Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) across Queensland and Northern Territory schools during 2021. The results of our union’s...
17,11,21 | Member action, Professional issues
The Northern Territory (NT) government has unveiled the new Education Engagement Strategy 2022-2031, which aims to improve educational outcomes for young Territorians over the next 10 years. Earlier this year, our union engaged in the consultation process and provided...
03,11,21 | Industrial advice, Member action, Union win
A member who required surgery following an injury sustained in the workplace has been back paid close to $18,000 of sick leave and vacation leave thanks to the assistance of our union. Industrial Services Officer Tameeka Stewart said on the advice of their employer,...
03,11,21 | Member action, Union win
Action by our union’s expert Industrial Services team has saved a member thousands of dollars after their employer incorrectly requested reimbursement. IEU-QNT Industrial Officer Danielle Wilson said the member’s employer initially claimed they were accidentally...
14,10,21 | Early childhood, Member action, Union win
A kindergarten teacher member who recently joined our union after commencing a new job has received an increase in pay (and relevant back payment) thanks to an observant IEU officer. When processing the member’s application paperwork, our union’s membership department...
14,10,21 | Member action, Professional issues
Over a third of IEU Chapters completed our union’s NCCD Workload survey within the first 24 hours of its launch earlier this week, indicating members’ desire to act on unreasonable workload demands. IEU Chapters have until Friday, October 22 to complete their survey,...
15,09,21 | Member action, Member benefits
Nominations are now open for our union’s annual Member Awards, which are held each year to recognise the dedication and contribution of outstanding IEU-QNT member activists. IEU-QNT Assistant Secretary Rebecca Sisson said the Member Awards were an important occasion...
15,09,21 | Member action, Workers' rights
The action taken by IEU members to secure paid pandemic leave in many of our workplaces has made a crucial difference during this health crisis. The pandemic has placed significant stress on all school staff, making access to paid leave critical when it comes to some...
25,08,21 | COVID-19, Member action, Union win, Workers' rights
IEU member action has played a key role in securing priority vaccinations for education workers in Queensland. The announcement made by the state government earlier in the month came after repeated calls for the priority vaccination of education workers by our union...
24,08,21 | Member action, Union win
Our union continues our campaign on reducing insecure work in the non-government education sector, by taking on improper use of fixed-term contracts in the Queensland Catholic sector. In the last round of collective bargaining, members not only won important...
24,08,21 | Member action, Union win, Workers' rights
An attempt by Blackheath and Thornburgh College to revoke their redundancy payments for staff has been rejected in the Fair Work Commission (FWC) thanks to IEU member action. A 2020 decision by the employer to outsource catering services resulted in three IEU services...
