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• NewsExtra: IEU update on Catholic Systemic Schools EA Negotiations (Hear Our Voice)

  Welcome back to a new school year! Here's the latest update for members on Catholic systemic enterprise agreement negotiations.

  3 Feb 2023

• IEU statement on the NSW election 25 March 2023: Essential Workers Deserve Better

  The IEU is part of a Unions NSW campaign for improved pay and conditions for public sector workers including nurses, police, teachers, support staff in government services and public service transport workers. We are part of the campaign because pay rises for our members are affected by the pay increases received by teachers and support staff in government schools whose conditions are subject to the NSW Government pay cap.

  2 Feb 2023

• Diversity in Education Conference: IEU member discount

  The Diversity in Education Conference is an international LGBTQ+ forum for educators to create awareness and understanding of gains and challenges facing LGBTQ+ workers within schools, and an opportunity to build community. Get your IEU member discount today.

  24 Jan 2023

• MEDIA RELEASE: Scrap pay cap and address workload to fix teacher shortage crisis (18 January 2023)

  The Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch is calling on the NSW Government to immediately scrap its pay cap on government employees, including teachers and school support staff.

  18 Jan 2023

• Expressions of Interest: Modern and Classical Languages K - 10 Support Material Writers

  NESA are seeking languages teachers, including Aboriginal teachers and teachers with expertise in Special Education, to write targeted support materials for the Modern Languages K–10 and Classical Languages syllabuses.

  17 Jan 2023

• IEUA NSW/ACT Christmas Closedown 2022-2023

  The IEU wishes you a safe, healthy, and restful holiday season and we look forward to working with you again in 2023. All IEU offices will be officially closed from Thursday 22 December 2022 and will re-open in January 2023.

  20 Dec 2022

• THE YEAR IN REVIEW: The IEU's 2022 video highlights

  How big was 2022 at the IEU? Find out for yourself as you re-live all the rallies, the media, the speeches and the highlights of 2022 all in one place.

  15 Dec 2022

• MEDIA RELEASE: Bread and roses: Education employees welcome new industrial relations laws

  The Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch, which represents over 32,000 teachers, support staff and principals in the non-government education sector, welcomes the Labor Government’s new industrial relations laws, which passed the Senate last night and the House of Representatives this morning.

  2 Dec 2022

• NESA as sole teacher accreditation decision maker

  From Tuesday 29 November, NESA will become the accreditation decision maker for all teachers in NSW. This important change means teachers from the three school sectors and early childhood services will have the same accreditation decision maker and a consistent process for the first time.

  29 Nov 2022

• NESA eTAMS update

  NESA have advised that eTAMS will be down from 9.00pm (AEDT) 25th November 2022 until 6.00am 29th November. The closure is to facilitate the transition to NESA as the sole Teacher Accreditation Authority.

  21 Nov 2022