Catholic Matters

Catholic EB24 – Meeting 4: ESOs increasing work and complexity

Yesterday, your IEU(SA) Bargaining Team, led by Louisa Fidock (Library Assistant, Saint Ignatius’), talked about ESOs increasing work and complexity. Listen to her summary below:  We proposed measures to reduce ESOs working unpaid overtime, working through breaks, or having unmanageable workloads – including student …

Catholic EB24 negotiations – Meeting 3

28 November 2024 Yesterday, your IEU team met with the CESA (the employer) to continue bargaining. Our agenda was focused on practical class sizes and ESO workload. The employer wanted to talk about their ideas on teacher workload, changes they want to teacher conditions of …

Catholic EB24 Update

The employer (CESA) has agreed to meet with the IEU to start bargaining in week 1 of next term. Meetings will be fortnightly thereafter. We will provide regular updates to members and seek your input. Did you know:The maximum face to face teaching load of …

Catholic EB24 – We are Ready!

It’s official, bargaining soon to commence for the Catholic EB24, and we have one message for CESA and Catholic Employers – We are Ready! In the lead up to your current agreement expiring on 31 July we wrote to CESA setting out your claims. We …

Reporting incidents in Catholic schools

There seems to be a concerning trend in Catholic schools that staff are unaware of how and when they should be reporting incidents. The Catholic Safety Health & Welfare’s (CSHW SA) own flow chart states that incidents/ injuries are to be reported in the database …

Catholic EA Pre-vote Q&A Zoom Sessions for members

Catholic EA – Term 2, 2022 Bargaining Report

COVID delayed our first negotiating meeting until August 2020 after which the project fell into a game of 2 halves. The negotiating of content with full teams around the table for 19 meetings and then hundreds of hours of drafting meetings involving rewriting, fine negotiations …

IEU letter to CESA re vax Policy – 2 May 2022

2 May 2022 Dr Neil McGoran Director Catholic Education SA By email Dear Neil, Re: COVID-19 Vaccination Policy proposal I further respond to the proposed Vaccination Policy in the light of the Memo of 28 April 2022. There is no simple answer as to whether …

IEU Response to CESA: Vaccine Mandate Policy Consultation

14 April 2022 Dr Neil McGoran Director Catholic Education SA By email CC to Susan Young Dear Neil, Re: Vaccine Mandate Policy Consultation I acknowledge receipt of a copy of the letter from Professor Spurrier to yourself dated 12 April. I note the Professor gives …

Vax Policies – Questions Finally Answered

Before entering any detailed consultation on school policies which would continue the vaccination mandate for school staff in SA, the IEU sought answers as to the evidence-based rationale for such a move. Last night I finally received a response from the Catholic Education Office (CESA) and …