Media release: Historic win: harassment victim-survivors granted fairer access to justice

Nurses in NSW are taking industrial action tomorrow. Why? The NSW Government won't budge on their, frankly insulting, 3% pay increase offer. PAY NSW NURSES WHAT THEY DESERVE ✊🏾💪🏾

MEDIA RELEASE ⚡️ In a ground-breaking decision, the Fair Work Commission has today granted the IEU’s application for an authorisation to bargain for pay rises for teachers and educators in more than 100 preschools from across NSW. ieu.asn.au/media-release-… #nswpol

✊Solidarity with NSW nurses and midwives who are taking industrial action today ✊ NSW Nurses & Midwives

Unions are the driving force behind new agreements and higher pay. Repairs to IR laws by Federal Labor are paying off for hundreds of thousands of workers & their families ieu.org.au/ieu-speaks-uni…

On this day in 1977, over 200 Land Rights champions gathered at the Black Theatre in Redfern to assert their right to control their land, make their own decisions, and elect their own leaders. Today, we celebrate those champions for their resilience and tenacity.

📢 Have your say: The Australian Teacher Workforce Survey is now open. The IEU supports the #ATWD Survey and IEU members can be assured that contributing will assist the IEU in our efforts to lobby for improved salaries and conditions. aitsl.edu.au/research/austr…

Today marks the anniversary of unions winning one week's annual leave. It's easy to sometimes take these things for granted; they seem immovable, permanent. A friendly reminder that without the long campaign by union members and their unions, we wouldn't have ANY annual leave ✨

📢 A reminder that unions exist to provide solidarity, support and protection for their members, and by extension, their families and communities. 💪 Not a union member? Join today. bit.ly/jointheieu #ProudToBeUnion

Today Carol Matthews Carol Matthews is at the #SocialMediaSummitNSWSA. Adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg spoke about the harmful effects of social media on young people including increased rates of anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. #WorldMentalHealthDay

A pipeline from 850 gas wells in the Pilliga Forest across the Liverpool Plains food bowl? No way 🛑 say Gomeroi, farmers, unionists NSW Nurses & Midwives 🧶👵 Lock the Gate and 100+ people protest in Newcastle yesterday. IEU NSW/ACT Dave and Kylie w Karra Kinchela from Gomeroi nation. ⬇️

The IEU calls on Alex Greenwich MP MP to restore protections for LGBTQI+ school staff & students to his #EqualityBill and for the NSW govt to implement full protections from discrimination in non-govt schools. The Bill will be considered by Cabinet today. bit.ly/3zXebkq

Lest we forget. Today we honour the service men and women who sacrificed their lives for our country.

16,000 ECEC educators and teachers across 650+ Goodstart Early Learning Centres will receive a pay rise of 10% this December, and a further 5% in December next year. A well deserved win for hardworking ECEC educators and teachers, right in time for the holidays!

Great news and long overdue recognition of our amazing early childhood teachers and educators. Multi-employer bargaining driven by union members made this happen!!

Positive steps from Jason Clare MP and the federal Anthony Albanese government with increased school funding. But more needs to be done to fully fund all schools and tackle teacher workload ieu.org.au/ieu-speaks-on-…

This is the first government to make good on helping student teachers juggle study and sacrifice other paid work - these paid prac placements will be a huge help. The IEU has been pushing this for years. Well done Jason Clare MP Anthony Albanese

Gender and equity reforms, driven by union campaigns in 2024, will benefit over 50,000 women workers who make up 72% of IEU members across Australia. Read about these important wins for women workers in the latest Ind. Education Union Speaks. ieu.org.au/gender-equity-…

The 13th of February marks the date the official National Apology was made for past government policies that resulted in the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families.