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, 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...
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...
06,09,21 | Union win
The significant workload and work intensification caused by the NCCD as well as subsequent stress for members, is the focus of a new IEU survey. IEU-QNT Branch Secretary Terry Burke said our union is seeking to identify specific issues of implementation and ways these...
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...
22,06,21 | Union win
Our union continues to monitor the initial teacher education (ITE) space, a topic which remains subject to much debate at all levels of government. Following their election promise to institute paid internships for aspiring teachers, the Queensland state government...
17,06,21 | Member action, Union win, Workers' rights
Our union, through its federal body, the IEUA, has continued its longstanding support of the developing country of Timor-Leste, recently donating funds through Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA to the Strengthening and Supporting Rural Farmers Organisations project in the...
27,05,21 | Union win
Queensland Anglican employers have rejected any changes to Preparation and Correction Time (PCT) for primary school teachers as current collective bargaining negotiations continue. IEU-QNT Assistant Secretary Brad Hayes said members proposed a provision to match...
27,05,21 | Union win, Workers' rights
Pressure from the First Nations Workers Alliance (FNWA) and the broader union movement has seen the federal government scrap the harmful Community Development Program (CDP). The CDP is currently a work-for-the-dole program which sees individuals in remote Australian...
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...
10,05,21 | Union win
Our union is encouraging all early childhood education members to ensure that appropriate pay and working conditions are at the forefront of the new National Workforce Strategy by completing the online feedback survey.
04,05,21 | Member action, Union win, Workers' rights
IEU members from across Queensland and the Northern Territory came together over the long weekend to celebrate Labour Day/May Day, after celebrations were cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, IEU members took part in a range of celebrations...
28,04,21 | Member action, Union win, Workers' rights
After last year’s pause due to the pandemic, IEU members will join together to celebrate all the ways we are #IEUnionStrong this coming Labour Day /May Day long weekend (1-3 May 2021). Labour Day in Queensland and May Day in the Northern Territory hold a significant...
25,03,21 | Member benefits, Union win
The expert advice and support of our union has proved critical in having the recent rejection of WorkCover claims overturned for two members. IEU-QNT Industrial Officer Vaishi Raja said the two recent cases were an important reminder of the ways in which our union can...
25,03,21 | Union win, Workers' rights
The determination and activism of union members across Australia has forced the federal government to abandon many of the worst aspects of the dangerous IR Omnibus Bill. A substantially reduced version of the Bill passed through the Senate last week (exact date),...
