14,03,23 | Equity, Union win, Workers' rights
Australian unions have welcomed the Labor federal government’s action to expand access to Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks for workers and allow it to be more flexibly shared between new parents. Last week the Senate passed the Paid Parental Leave Amendment...
14,03,23 | Beginning Educators (BEnet), Teachers, Union win
The support of our union has helped a graduate teacher member progress through the classification scale and secure higher pay. IEU-QNT Organiser Krystal Pearson said our member approached her for assistance after attending a presentation for early career teachers...
14,03,23 | Equity, Union win
Last week’s International Working Women’s Day (IWWD) celebrations were an important reminder of the significant changes won by unions to improve the lives of women at work over the last year. IEU Assistant Secretary Nicole Kapernick said that while we know there is...
22,02,23 | Industrial advice, Union win
The support of our union has helped an IEU member secure a successful Workcover claim for an injury sustained while travelling home from work. Industrial Officer Vaishi Vigh said it was a positive outcome for the member and clearly demonstrated the difference IEU...
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 | Union win, Workers' rights
With the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill now law, IEU members now have greater opportunity to bargain for better wages, have greater equity in the workplace and start to tackle insecure work. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said the passing of the Secure Jobs,...
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...
01,02,23 | Equity, Union win
New laws to provide 10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave came into effect yesterday for workers in businesses with 15 or more employees after unions campaigned and won the reform for workers leaving a violent relationship. For workers in small businesses...
01,02,23 | Teachers, Union win, Workers' rights
Our union has helped secure job-share arrangements for a member, reinforcing flexible working arrangements as a good option for employers to retain staff while helping employees achieve a better work/life balance. IEU member Kelly reached out to her IEU Organiser...
05,12,22 | Union win, Workers' rights
In an historic moment for union members across the country, the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is now law – allowing millions of working people to bargain for better wages, have greater equity at work, and start to tackle insecure work. The Bill passed last week (2...
23,11,22 | Equity, Union win, Workers' rights
Religious discrimination exemptions have been removed from the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Act after new laws were passed by parliament this week. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke welcomed the passing of a suite of amendments which he said will foster...
22,11,22 | Industrial advice, Union win
An IEU member has secured more than $13,000 in back pay and is now correctly classified after our union’s intervention with the employer. The Queensland-based teacher member contacted our union for assistance after suspecting they were incorrectly classified and being...
15,11,22 | Union win
Our union’s annual Member Awards were presented to recipients at the 2022 IEU-QNT AGM, recognising the contributions of some of our most outstanding activists. John (Max) MacDermott Union Activist Award John (Max) MacDermott was a respected teacher at Mercy College,...
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 | Early childhood, Union win, Workers' rights
The support of our union has helped secure significant redundancy payments for two members employed in the early childhood education sector. Earlier this year, an employer advised staff working at the Queensland kindergarten of a major workplace change: that they...
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...
28,10,22 | Equity, Union win
Unions have welcomed the Albanese federal government’s commitment to expand access to Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks for Australian workers. The new scheme is a positive development which will significantly increase the overall amount of leave available while also...
27,10,22 | Equity, Union win
All workers will have access to 10 days’ paid family and domestic violence (FDV) leave in a historic move that follows an enduring union campaign. Unions have been campaigning for paid FDV leave for more than a decade. That campaign has seen life-saving paid FDV leave...
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 | 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...
31,08,22 | Industrial advice, Union win
Over $1.3 million in payments have been returned to members in the past financial year. IEU-QNT’s industrial team secured the $1,307,750 sum across a range of cases related to unfair dismissals, redundancies, underpayments and other settlements. Key cases included:...
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...
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...
28,07,22 | Equity, Union win
After a decade of unions campaigning for 10 days’ paid family and domestic violence leave, the new federal government has passed legislation to enshrine the right of access for all workers. While successive Coalition governments refused to support this paid...
15,07,22 | Union win
Unsustainable workloads, fair pay and career pathways are the top priorities for Queensland Catholic members as preparations for collective bargaining continue. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said a record number of IEU members had their voice heard via the...
15,07,22 | Industrial advice, Union win, Workers' rights
IEU membership has made the difference in the face of an increasing number of employers who have refused safe work for pregnant employees. IEU-QNT Industrial Services Officer Michael Featherstone said safe job protections provided critical support for pregnant...
15,07,22 | Union win, Workers' rights
IEU support successfully overturns WorkCover decision after it refused to cover the surgery costs of member injured at work. IEU-QNT Industrial Officer Rosey Sorbello said the member injured their ankle on a school excursion. “The member was injured while carrying out...
15,06,22 | Union win
A quarter of Australian workers will get a pay rise following a union campaign which lead to today’s Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision to increase the minimum wage. The increase will be 5.2 per cent for those on the minimum wage and an increase of 4.6 per cent, or...
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...
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 | Union win, Workers' rights
In an historic move more than 2.5 million additional workers will receive paid family and domestic violence (FDV) leave. An in-principle decision from industrial umpire, the Fair Work Commission (FWC), will see 10 days’ paid FDV leave included in modern awards. The...
16,05,22 | Union win
Casual boarding staff in Northern Territory Catholic schools working on public holidays will receive 278% of their ordinary pay rate following IEU action. Our union took action in Fair Work Commission (FWC) after members at one NT school reported they were not...
28,04,22 | Union win
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that if re-elected he will tie pay rises for thousands of construction workers to the rate of increase in the National Minimum Wage. Morrison’s new Greenfields Agreement policy would represent a pay cut for huge numbers of...
28,04,22 | Industrial advice, Member benefits, Union win, Workers' rights
An employer’s attempt to seek an IEU member’s medical information from their treating practitioner has been stopped thanks to support from our union. IEU-QNT Industrial Services Officer Jill McKeon said the member who had been absent from work due to illness for some...
28,04,22 | Union win
Teachers in Western Australian Catholic schools have voted down an inferior collective agreement that would have cut working conditions. In a show of solidarity against an employer determined to undermine hard-won conditions, IEU members made it clear they would not...
11,04,22 | Union win
IEU members have put employers across our sector on notice regarding excessive demands of staff completing the NCCD process. his follows our union’s consultation with the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE) at a federal level about the minimum...
16,03,22 | Beginning Educators (BEnet), Union win, Workers' rights
An employer’s attempt to discriminate on the basis of a medical injury was thwarted after assistance from our union’s experienced Industrial Services Team. The member, a university student in the final stage of their teaching degree, contacted our Industrial Services...
16,03,22 | Union win, Workers' rights
Our union’s assistance and advocacy has led to a pregnant member being reassigned to a safe job where she is performing alternative duties for the duration of her pregnancy. The classroom teacher was advised by her doctor that pregnant women are at increased risk of...
23,02,22 | Early childhood, Member action, Union win
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...
18,02,22 | Union win, Workers' rights
The New South Wales Transport Workers Union (TWU) won a landmark decision today that will see couriers receive enforceable pay rises between 36 and 46 per cent over three years and further protections – including for Amazon flex drivers in a world first. The TWU led...
19,11,21 | Member benefits, Union win
Across 2020-21, our union has continued to make a difference for IEU members – recovering compensation, underpayments and allowances. IEU Branch Secretary Terry Burke said the outcome of a total of $2.3 million to members was a direct result of the work of our expert...
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 | Union win
IEU members are driving widespread enhancements to employment conditions in the non-government sector despite a challenging bargaining system. Our union has negotiated an unprecedented 35 single site collective agreements in 2021 alone. These agreements have set...
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 | Union win, Workers' rights
More workers are eligible to convert from casual to ongoing employment following legislative changes made in the wake of a union campaign for secure jobs. Recent changes to the Fair Work Act mean employers (with more than 15 employees) are now required to consider...
14,10,21 | Union win
Queensland will celebrate World Teachers’ Day this year on Friday, 29 October with school communities across the state encouraged to #ThankQldTeachers. With the South-East Queensland Ekka public holiday now falling on Friday 29 October 2021, school communities in the...
14,09,21 | Union win, Workers' rights
After facing two unlawful lockouts, McCain workers in Tasmania have secured a major win on their wages and conditions. The new in-principle agreement secured by members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union (AMWU) will see working conditions for factory...
