Support staff
The IEU represents non-teaching support staff in schools, colleges and other educational institutions, with the exception of those employed in early childhood services.
Support staff can include school secretaries, teachers' aides, laboratory and library assistants, canteen staff, maintenance workers and groundkeepers.
The Union has achieved regular increases for support staff comparable with those of teacher-members and has constantly sought to improve working conditions for support staff in line with improvements achieved for teachers. Occupational Health and Safety is a major priority of the union and of particular concern for support staff.
The participation of support staff within the Union is further strengthened through the School Support Staff Advisory Committee and the contribution of Support Staff Vice President Carolyn Collins as a member of the IEU Executive.
The School Support Staff Advisory Committee has seven members from a broad range of classifications and sectors including clerical employees, school assistants, boarding house staff, and grounds and maintenance staff.
Your workplace news
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22 Jan 2021 -
Vaccinate to educate: Add school and early childhood staff to priority group
The Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch is calling on the Federal Government to include teachers and support staff in schools and early childhood services as frontline essential workers in a priority group for vaccination.
19 Jan 2021 -
Someone is messing with your rights at work – what you need to know
A new Industrial Relations (IR) law that will allow employers to cut the wages and conditions of workers has been introduced.
11 Jan 2021 -
Exceptionalism that proves the rule – HSC results show the work of education never stopped
The more than 66,000 students who completed their HSC this year have endured extraordinary pressures exceeding those typically faced in the already gruelling final year examinations; bushfires, floods, drought and the pandemic all wrought havoc on schools and students in 2020.
17 Dec 2020 -
Professional Development update
Members are advised that any IEU on-demand courses they undertake from the IEU Zone prior to 31st January 2021 will count towards their 50 hours of registered/accredited PD they are required to undertake as part of their maintenance of accreditation.
16 Dec 2020