The ACTU’s Campaign to Change the Rules for working people was the theme for the May Day marches around the country this year. SA had a modest but enthusiastic group of representatives from our Unions. The IEU was amongst them with flags flying boldly. Unfortunately …
Reps and members came together on May 7 at the Education Development Centre to participate in our 2018 conference ‘Better Together’. We assembled a panel of expert presenters and explored how together we can achieve better schools, better jobs and a better society overall. The …
The recently released Gonski:Through Growth to Achievement report reflects the aspirations of every member of the Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) to ensure the development of well-rounded, academically capable, resilient and society-ready students. Yet, the fulfillment of the Report’s recommendations can only be founded …
Missed Opportunities, Misplaced Priorities The 2018 Budget, while offering a number of small but important benefits to families and students particularly in rural areas, has largely failed to grasp the opportunity from an improved economic situation to build for a better Australia. Noteworthy were announcements …
Join us this May Day to Change The Rules Saturday 5 May, 10am Victoria Square In the spirit of challenging the fairness of the current system, the 2018 Adelaide May Day march will be calling for the current IR system to be overhauled – The …
Pagan Origins The first May Day celebrations were Roman and Medieval fertility festivals. The Romans honoured Flora, goddess of spring. The Celts celebrated Beltane. The Teutons celebrated Walpurgis. Diana, Herne, witches, The Green Man and Maid Marian were central to the various Northern Hemisphere celebrations. …
With falling enrolments and the transition of Year 7 to secondary schools, employment in Catholic primary schools will be impacted in the near future. Hopefully jobs in secondary schools will expand, but there are no guarantees. In this time of significant change, the word redundancy …
Muriel Matters was an Australian born teacher and courageous activist. She campaigned fiercely for the right of women to participate fully in society by having the right to vote. She also championed women and children’s rights and living standards more broadly, but was largely forgotten …
There is a commonly encountered myth, particularly amongst Catholic Principals and Deputies, that they either cannot or should not belong to the union. Nevertheless we do have a Principal & Deputies sub-branch and from time to time our Principal members do need our industrial assistance …
In March we said farewell to a dear colleague and friend Carly Dale. Carly joined the IEU 18 years ago, she is our longest serving staff member. She worked in our administration team and what she did not know about membership was not worth knowing. …
