It was industrial action that moved Tasmanian Catholic employers to reach in-principle agreement on a new deal after three years of delayed negotiations.

Former IEU Senior Industrial Officer Denis Matson helped spearhead the 2014 Tasmanian Catholic school campaign and still has the beanies to prove it!

In the winter of 2014, IEU members rugged up for rallies in the chilly winter streets of Launceston, Hobart, and Burnie, frustrated by a breakdown in negotiations for a new Agreement.

Well done! We’re pleased to report that your actions have had a huge impact at the bargaining table and we have reached an in-principle Agreement. Today we met with the Employers and there was significant movement from them on some of the key issues that matter most to you.

What a great start to our protected industrial action this morning!

Find out the answers to some common questions we've had from Reps and IEU members.

We’ve just finished up another full day of negotiations with Catholic Education Tasmania, and while there was some progress, the employers have yet to make firm committments on a number of the most important items in dispute. We have agreed to meet again on Wednesday morning, but now is not the time to turn down the pressure.

Based on the results of the ballot, the IEU has notified the Employers that IEU members will start accessing their right to take industrial action. As we’re required to do we’ve given notice that from Tuesday 27 August IEU members will take partial work ban action.

IEU members in Tasmanian Catholic schools have voted YES in favour of taking 18 forms of protected industrial action in support of a fair Agreement!

If you are an IEU member in a Tasmanian Catholic school you can now vote on what actions you wish to take to further a new Agreement after your union successfully applied for a Protected Action Ballot Order (PABO) with the Fair Work Commission.

Frustrated staff in Tasmanian Catholic schools have been campaigning for over two years to get a new Agreement that would bring their working conditions up to standards long ago reached in the state sector.

The IEU is excited to announce that on 31 July, we submitted a Protected Action Ballot Order (PABO) application to the Fair Work Commission, as the next step in our campaign for a fair Agreement for IEU members working in Tasmanian Catholic education.

The IEU is stepping up its campaign to get a new deal finalised for staff in Tasmanian Catholic schools by applying for a protected action ballot order (PABO) from the Fair Work Commission.

Staff in Tasmanian Catholic schools are taking steps towards industrial action after two years of delays from their employers on an Agreement.

The employees of Catholic Education Tasmania have spoken out – and their words ought to make chastening reading for their employers during negotiations for a long overdue Agreement.

Negotiations for a new Agreement in Tasmanian Catholic education have dragged on so long it’s hard not to be nostalgic and look back.

Tasmanian Catholic IEU members have conducted strongly attended activities on the student-free final day of Term 2 to demonstrate their frustration with their employer for failing to finalise an Agreement.

From 18-22 March, IEU staff visited Catholic schools all over the state to help members fight for a long overdue Agreement.

Overworked, frustrated Catholic educators in Tasmania are upping the ante in their campaign for a reasonable deal, two years since the expiry of their last IEU-negotiated Agreement.

IEU members in Tasmanian Catholic schools have been waiting too long for a new Agreement – and now their whole state knows about it!