Stay strong, stay united, and you will win. Solidarity.
Deb James, General SecretaryIEUA VicTas Branch
What a surprise - Catholic employers prefer to deal with disputes in-house.
Is this fair? is this just? Is this transparent? We don’t think so.
The Fair Work Commission is the independent umpire established to transparently and objectively make decisions on matters in dispute.
IEUA members in Western Australia urge the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations to listen to what so many of their employees and their union are saying - the right to seek arbitration is fair and reasonable.
Angela Briant, General Secretary
IEUA WA Branch
It ain’t rocket science.
You don’t have any rights you can’t enforce.
In the interests of objectivity and closure, all industrial matters that can’t be agreed by negotiation and conciliation must be able to be resolved by an independent umpire through arbitration.
This cannot rely on the agreement of one of the protagonists.
The SA Branch of the IEU supports and applauds your strong stand against the hubris and arrogance of the employers as they hold themselves out to be above the law ... to be judge, jury and executioner in matters in dispute.
Stay strong...your issue is important locally and nationally.
Glen Seidel, General Secretary
IEUA SA Branch
IEU members are congratulated for their solidarity and resolve in the face of the Catholic employers’ attack on fundamental worker rights. Our members in Queensland know from their 15 month campaign that Catholic employers do not listen until industrial action forces them to understand that they are wrong and need to change their position. All strength to the members as you defend worker rights.
Terry Burke, General SecretaryIEUA-QNT Branch
From Canada
On behalf of the 45,000 members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), I am writing to express our unreserved support for your stop work action. We have been following your dispute with the Catholic Commission on Employment Relations closely, hopeful that a satisfactory and fair resolution would be soon reached. And while we are disappointed this has not been the case, we deeply appreciate your members’ tenacity and commitment in fighting for their rights. The right to arbitration is at the core of a fair collective agreement. We proudly stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Australia as they further the cause for workers’ rights and unionism with this action. We will continue to monitor the situation, hopeful that a resolution will be reached presently.
Liz Stuart, President, OECTA
