Catholic Matters

Catholic EA Update – 31 August 2021

31st August, 2021

Catholic EA negotiations are progressing and we are deep into drafting the wording of agreed issues after 19 face-to-face meetings over 12 months. Many items are provisionally resolved—however, nothing is locked in—and amongst these are (in no particular order): Salary increase of 2.35% pa for …

IEU Speaks… on #EqualPayDay

30th August, 2021

Equal Pay Day:  31 August 2021 #what’s your pay gap  Equal Pay Day this year will be marking the 61 additional days from the end of the previous financial year that women must work to earn the same pay as men. In 2020, the number …

The SA Unionists T-Shirt Design Competition

23rd August, 2021

The Competition is open from August 13th 2021 and entries must be received no later than 11:59pm ACDT on Labour Day, October 4th 2021. Competition entry is only open to financial members of trade unions who reside in South Australia. Entries will be considered by …

The Government must take immediate action to prioritise vaccinations for educators

28th July, 2021

The Joint Media Release by the IEU, AEU and UWU on July 13, 2021, called upon on the federal Health Minster, Greg Hunt, to prioritise vaccinations for educators. This was on the back of a local media release by the IEU and AEU calling on …

Joint Media Release: Failed Vaccine Roll Out Leaves Schools, Communities Unsafe

13th July, 2021

  13 July 2021 FAILED VACCINE ROLL OUT LEAVES SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES UNSAFE Teachers, Educators and Education Support Staff struggling to get access to vaccination has left schools and early learning centres unsafe, and society without a clear path out of the Covid-19 mess, three major …

IEU(SA) On Air – ABC Radio – News – Priority vaccinations in schools

4th June, 2021

IEU(SA) Secretary Glen Seidel interviewed ‘on air’ by ABC News regarding the ‘priority vaccinations’ joint media release by the IEU and AEU – click the image above or this link to listen

Letter to Minister Gardner calling for priority COVID vaccinations for all education staff

2nd June, 2021

Further to the joint media release by the IEU(SA) and AEU SA, IEU Secretary, Glen Seidel, has written to the Minister for Education, The Hon John Gardner MP, requesting the Marshall government to action to offer priority COVID vaccinations for all education staff. You can …

IEU and AEU call for priority access to COVID-19 vaccinations for all education staff

1st June, 2021

MEDIA RELEASE • MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday, 1 June 2021 Today the South Australian Branches of the Australian Education Union and the Independent Education Union renew calls for priority access to COVID-19 vaccinations for all education staff. Teachers, leaders and support staff are employed in primary, secondary …

Everyone knows where the union is if they need help…

26th May, 2021

Everyone knows where the union is if they need help… It seems that not a week goes by at IEU that we don’t have a plea for help from someone wanting to join our union because of serious issues at their school that either threaten …

Young people are active and unions are in the discussion.

26th May, 2021

And rightly so… Fresh off the back of School Strike 4 Climate, #enoughisenough and March 4 Justice, the world is seeing a higher level of activism in response to world issues ignored by governments deemed ‘out of touch’ and not achieving real outcomes for climate …