Welcome to your final issue of Newsmonth of the year.
Read about the IEU’s progress in 2025 securing better pay and conditions for members in various sectors, including independent schools, Catholic systemic schools, Christian schools and more.
Celebrate the union’s success in convincing an employer to reverse an unfair decision to deduct long service leave from members.
Read about NSW Christian schools voting yes to new IEU-negotiated multi-enterprise agreements, which deliver strong pay rises. And see how Adventist teachers are resisting an inferior agreement.
We congratulate members at Evans Head Woodburn Preschool in northern NSW, which was recognised at this year’s Narragunnawali Awards for its Reconciliation Action Plan.
Hear what members throughout NSW and the ACT are saying in our wrap up of Term 4 sub branch meetings.
This edition is packed with more great reads, including the new social media ban and the launch of a report on combating workplace sexual harassment.
We encourage you to share this email with your colleagues and invite them to join the IEU. We are always stronger together.
Carol Matthews
IEUA NSW/ACT Branch Secretary
You can read the full edition or download a PDF to browse stories.