DONE DEAL! What have you won?
Yesterday, we reached in-principal agreement with Catholic Education Tasmania on all of the key issues in dispute. While there is a lot to unpack and many details to finalise, below is an outline of your key wins.
This is your win!
After such lengthy delays, your strength and preparedness to take industrial action has broken the deadlock and allowed progress on achieving the Agreement that you deserve. You have demonstrated the power of solidarity – it is only through collective action as union members that we can achieve improved wages and conditions.
We’d like to whole-heartedly congratulate you on your solidarity and thank you for your ongoing support and campaigning throughout these complex negotiations.
The focus now shifts to drafting and we will provide more details to members as this progresses. IEU staff will also be out to provide details about the deal. A full draft of the new Enterprise Agreement will be available to everyone ahead of a vote.
We expect voting to occur in October.
What’s in the deal?
✅ No forced transfers between schools under this Agreement
✅ Low income payments
$1000 payment will be made in March 2025 to most school support employees and teachers at or below Level 4 (pro-rata for part-time employees)
✅ Pay parity
Nexus with government school salaries maintained and further 3% increase in 2025
✅ Teacher workload reductions
Primary teacher maximum face-to-face teaching time to reduce over the life of the Agreement from 22 to 21 hours per week
Secondary teacher maximum non-teaching duties reduced from 5 to 4 hours per week (from mid-2025)
✅ Improved parental leave
Paid primary carer leave increased to 18 weeks, paid partner leave increased to 4 weeks
Superannuation payments made on first year of maternity leave
10 days’ paid foster carer leave
✅ Improved teacher classification progression
Removal of current pay progression caps for teachers without full registration
Four-year trained teachers to commence at Level 5
✅ Job security
Inclusion of redundancy pay schedule
✅ Leave improvements
Paid family violence leave increased to 20 days
3 days’ paid cultural leave for First Nations employees
