Multi-employer bargaining brings hope for early childhood education workers
New bargaining laws coming into effect on 6 June 2023 provide a critical opportunity to better recognise and reward the work of thousands of early childhood education workers.
A joint multi-employer bargaining application by the IEU, UWU and the AEU will seek to extend the benefits of collective bargaining to a group of essential workers previously frozen out of the system.
Read more here about how this joint union application will provide a better deal for early childhood education teachers and assistants: IEU Speaks on first ECE multi-employer bargaining
For too long, feminised workplaces such as early childhood education have been disregarded, and their wages and working conditions have suffered.
Our joint union bargaining application is the first step in fighting back on behalf of a workforce that deserves our community’s full support.