IEU Awards 2023: Trinity College Reps and members

Every IEU member deserves an award for helping educate the next generation in ever more demanding workplaces, and Reps, who sacrifice their time so selflessly, always deserve commendation.

But here are some extra special stars we wanted to highlight for their outstanding work this year.

Trinity Grammar Reps Meindert Smid, James Lawson, Alan Daley and Nathan Kelly achieved all of this despite all the employer’s protestations about the imposition of the payroll tax (while it recorded a $10M surplus).

The process ended with the school making considerable concessions, including dropping a claim for consent arbitration.

The four bargaining Reps took on specific roles in research, analysis, communications, and negotiations to ensure the deal was done and represented the IEU with distinction in sometimes contested all-staff meetings.

The IEU can be rightly proud of such members who devote so much of their own free time and energy towards finalising a benchmark agreement, which can be built upon in future years.

Congratulations!