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Three new enterprise agreements (EAs) negotiated by the union came into force in February, with better pay and conditions for Catholic school leaders in NSW…
ECEC Extra: Securing long day care pay rises
In 2024, the IEU along with other unions, reached a historic sector-wide multi-employer agreement initially covering more than 50,000 employees in long day care centres…
Reforms to stop employers gaming the rules about staffing ratios are a crucial step towards improving child safety. The term “under the roof” is commonly…
IEU member and community preschool Ambassador Margaret Gleeson tells it like it is. For 26 years I’ve been the Managing Director of a small community preschool that started in 1952. Like many preschools across…
IEU members from community preschools around NSW made their presence felt at Budget Estimates in NSW Parliament House on 4 March 2026. Wearing pink, preschool…
The IEU and our incredible preschool ambassadors have been working hard to secure fair funding for community preschools. We have been busy building support for…
ECEC Extra: Long Day Care pay rises incoming
5% pay rises are incoming for Long Day Care teachers and educators as part of the federally funded Worker Retention Payment scheme. Show me the…
More than 1500 preschool teachers, directors, educators, parents, children and supporters rallied in Sydney, Lismore and Coffs Harbour on 15 October as part of the…
Time capsule: 2015
In 2015, former US President Barack Obama still occupied the White House. The Lodge in Canberra, however, had new tenants after Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged…
Time capsule: 1985
They’re probably not two people you’d expect to see in the same sentence, but the year was 1985, and China’s leader Deng Xiaoping was the…