Early Childhood Andrews government makes record investment in early childhood 10 Oct 2019 Record investment in the sector shows the state Labor government has recognised the importance of early years education.
Early Childhood Three-year-old kinder rollout in South Gippsland 10 Oct 2019 Families, educators and services alike are enthusiastically embracing the rollout of three-year-old kinder in the South Gippsland shire.
Early Childhood Early childhood School Readiness Funding rolls out 10 Oct 2019 The SRF is permanent equity-based funding for early years education, supporting children and families in communities that need it most.
Early Childhood Early childhood teachers deserve equal pay for equal work 10 Oct 2019 The Independent Education Union is running an equal pay case, also known as an equal remuneration order, to improve the Educational Teachers Award.
Early Childhood Tackling OHS in inner-city early childhood centres 10 Oct 2019 The Inner City region has been working on a project to tackle some of the big issues within education, with a particular focus on OHS.
Early Childhood Long day care members deserve better deal 10 Oct 2019 If you work in a community based long day care service and your employer is not yet a signatory to the current VECTEA, we want to hear from you.
Early Childhood The road to our new agreements 9 Oct 2019 After a short delay, negotiations for new sector agreements for early childhood workers are about to begin.
TAFE & Adult Provision BKI dispute update 26 Sep 2019 AEU representatives at Bendigo Kangan Institute are working to resolve significant problems caused by the actions of BKI management in regard to provisions in the TAFE agreement.
TAFE & Adult Provision AMES negotiations continue 26 Sep 2019 Negotiations at AMES continue, with the employer being granted the ability to roll over the current agreement with a 2.5% pay increase.
TAFE & Adult Provision What happens when employers walk away from industrial standards 26 Sep 2019 Employers who choose to cancel existing agreements instead of signing up to the MEA are depriving their workers of industry standard conditions.
TAFE & Adult Provision Making TAFE the centre of vocational education 26 Sep 2019 The federal Morrison government continues to neglect TAFE, but the Victorian Andrews government shows genuine commitment.
Schools Join the ES work dimensions working party 10 Aug 2019 AEU working party is seeking feedback from ES members to ensure work dimensions accurately reflect the jobs they are doing.
Schools Our response to the mobile phone ban 9 Aug 2019 While cautiously supportive, given the potential impact on workload, the AEU would like to have seen teachers consulted on the mobile phone ban in public schools.
For everyone From your president: leading the way 9 Aug 2019 We all need to ask ourselves – are we prepared to take the lead? If not us, who else?
For everyone Morrison’s law changes threaten all unions 4 Aug 2019 Scott Morrison has a bill before parliament that would fundamentally undermine union democracy and threaten the recognised human right of workers.
Early Childhood Three-year-old-preschool rolls out 3 Aug 2019 It’s because of concentrated effort by the AEU and our members that three-year-old preschool is now a reality, rolling out in six local government areas from next year and delivering at least five hours of preschool per week for every three-year-old by 2022.