10,09,21 | School support staff
The school officer classification structure review for Queensland Catholic schools continues, with both school and member-based trials of a proposed-new model now undertaken. Earlier this term, Joint Working Party (JWP) employer representatives initiated a...
17,06,21 | Member action, School support staff
The vital role school support staff play in education and the ways in which our union is working to ensure they have careers they can count on was recognised as part of recent School Officer Day celebrations held on Wednesday, 9 June. IEU Chapters and members across...
27,05,21 | Member action, School support staff, Workers' rights
In an outrageous instance of fixed-term contract misuse, our union has been made aware of a Northern Territory Catholic employer hiring school officers on contracts which are described as being just 14 days in length. IEU members raised the issue with our union after...
24,05,21 | Member benefits, School support staff, Teachers, Union win
In just the last two years alone, our union has recovered more than $3.9m in underpayments, allowances and compensation for members through the work of our expert industrial team and IEU organisers. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said this outcome was only...
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...
03,12,20 | Industrial advice, School support staff
Grassroots collective power was out in full force recently, as an IEU School Chapter rallied around a support staff member being made redundant; the staff member ended up successfully being redeployed to another position as well as receiving full redundancy...
12,11,20 | Member action, School support staff
School officer members at a Queensland Catholic school were recently told through informal, one-on-one ‘chats’ that there would be a major restructure to their working hours in 2021 due to funding changes. IEU Organiser Craig Darlington said the employer had failed to...
12,11,20 | Equity, Member action, School support staff
As part of NAIDOC Week 2020 celebrations, our union recognises the incredible work of Far North Queensland IEU member and 2020 Thersa Nunn First Nations Member Award recipient, Patricia ‘Patsy’ Lockington. Patsy said she felt “privileged, honoured and surprised” to...
03,11,20 | Member action, School support staff, Teachers
The annual IEU-QNT Union Excellence Awards recognise the contributions of our most active members and are of particular significance in 2020 given the professional and industrial challenges members have faced. This year, the Awards were announced at our COVID-19 safe...
01,07,20 | Professional issues, School support staff
The future of professional development (PD) opportunities has never been as accessible for school officers and services staff, with COVID-19 forcing schools to accept and adapt to online training and learning technology. School officers and services staff have...
01,10,18 | School support staff, Union win
School support staff employed in workplaces with a union-negotiated collective agreement earn thousands more than their peers in workplaces covered by Modern Awards, highlighting the difference union makes for workers. A school officer employed on the first wage step...
