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IEUA Speaks on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024

75,000 IEU members and their families will be celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) across the country this Friday, 8 March 2024. Friday is an opportunity to pause and reflect on the incredible achievements of women fighting for greater equity, fairness and social inclusion; while we …

Meet your IEU(SA) Industrial Team

2024 brings enhanced assistance for members with a larger Industrial Team. Our long-serving Industrial Officer, Frank Bernardi, will be joined this year by Dan Farmer and Robert Seals. L-R: Dan Farmer, Meredith Farmer and Robert Seals Dan Farmer Dan worked the last part of 2024 …

The IEU congratulates its members at Southern Vales Christian College

The year 2023 proved to be a defining one for members at Southern Vales Christian College (SVCC). Early in the year, the principal advised staff that due to changes in federal industrial laws, the school’s soon to be out of date Enterprise Agreement (EA) would …

Australian Unions Win Changes to Welding Fumes Exposure

In 2017, the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer reclassified Welding as a group 1 carcinogen. Group 1 carcinogens are substances, chemical mixtures or exposure circumstances, which have been classified as carcinogenic to humans by The International Agency for Research on Cancer …

Wage Theft – Part 2: Don’t presume employers do the right thing

In our first Wage Theft article, we explained the concept of wage theft and provided examples to help members better understand it. We have extended our planned Wage Theft article series by one more to accommodate recent developments in this space. While the next article …

Catholic Enterprise Agreement update

The New Year brings a renewed focus on the upcoming Catholic Enterprise Agreement (EA) negotiations. Reps packs have been sent to all IEU(SA) Catholic Reps and these should have been received by Week Zero. There are three key tasks that each Rep need to complete …

NGS Super: What does your tomorrow look like?

As a leading industry super fund for education professionals, NGS Super understands that everyone is different and has unique needs and goals when it comes to their super savings. That’s why the things that matter to you — value for money, quality products and personal …

IEUA Speaks: Gaps remain in the AI framework for schools

28 January 2024 Gaps remain in the AI framework for schools: action needed on teacher workload, consultation and commercial encroachments The Australian Framework for Generative AI in Schools commences operation from the start of the school year across the nation this week. The IEU welcomes …

2024 Anna Stewart Memorial Project – expression of interest closing!

All IEU(SA) women members are invited to submit an expression of interest to participate in the 2024 Anna Stewart Memorial Project. The Anna Stewart Memorial Project (ASMP) is a union training program run annually by SA Unions. It brings together women, non-binary and gender diverse …