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  • Industrial action: Vote YES!

    Ballots will begin arriving at your home address in the last week of holidays.

    19 Sep 2017

  • Catholic systemic schools holding attendance ballots

    Listed below are the schools where the AEC will hold Protected Action Ballots at school on the dates and times indicated.

    19 Sep 2017

  • Did you get this from your employer?

    CCER has sent a statement to employees in Catholic systemic schools regarding their new Enterprise Agreement. Here is the Union's response.

    19 Sep 2017

  • Unions NSW hosts Equal Pay Day dinner

    Last night, Unions NSW hosted an Equal Pay Day dinner to celebrate the decades long, ongoing battle for equal pay. Over 200 supporters attended the event.

    14 Sep 2017

  • Union wins right to industrial action: video update

    IEU Secretary John Quessy has released another video update regarding the progress of the new Enterprise Agreement for Catholic systemic schools. In the video Quessy states that "the Fair Work Commission has granted the Union's application for Protected Action Ballots" and "IEU is currently negotiating the timetable for those ballots with the Australian Electoral Commission."

    13 Sep 2017

  • Lismore CSO EA: Fact Check 2

    Another letter has been distributed by Catholic Employers in the Lismore Diocese regarding the progress of the Enterprise Agreement.

    12 Sep 2017

  • Breaking news: FWC grants IEU’s application for Protected Action Ballots

    Last night the FWC granted the IEU’s application for Protected Action Ballots in the 11 Catholic Dioceses.

    08 Sep 2017

  • News release: Challenging the myths on early childhood education

    There are lots of myths circulating in society about the role and status of early childhood teachers. The Independent Education Union (IEU) is out to challenge those myths at its conference in Sydney this Saturday.

    07 Sep 2017

  • IEU receives letter of support from OECTA

    IEU has received a letter from the president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, Liz Stuart, in support of its position in the ongoing dispute with CCER.

    05 Sep 2017

  • Equal Pay Day

    The rules do not work for working women. Women make up 46.2% of the Australian workforce, yet women continue to earn less than men, are less likely to advance their careers as far as men and accumulate less superannuation savings.

    04 Sep 2017