Australian Education Union

"AEU" redirects here. For other uses, see AEU (disambiguation).

AEU
Australian Education Union
Founded1984
HeadquartersMelbourne
Location
  • Australia
Members
190,880 (as at 31 December 2023)[1]
Key people
Correna Haythorpe, Federal President
AffiliationsACTU, EI
Websitewww.aeufederal.org.au

The Australian Education Union (AEU) is an Australian trade union, founded in 1984 as the Australian Teachers Union,[2][3] which is registered with Fair Work Australia as an employee group, and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions. The AEU is Australia's third largest trade union, with 198,480 registered members in 2021,[4] consisting of educators who work in public schools, colleges, early childhood and vocational settings in all states and territories of Australia.[5] Members include teachers and allied educational staff, principals and administrators mainly in government school and TAFE systems. Teachers working in the private schools system are covered by the Independent Education Union of Australia (IEU). In some states the AEU shares coverage of some members with the National Tertiary Education Union, Community and Public Sector Union and United Workers Union. Through the Federation of Education Unions, the AEU works closely with the two other Federal unions which cover educators in non-government schools and universities. The AEU is also internationally affiliated to the Education International, which the AEU claims is "the largest non-government organisation in the world."[6]

  1. ^ "Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2023" (PDF).
  2. ^ "The Australian Education Union: From Federal Registration to National Reconciliation. Australian Education Review". ERIC – the Education Resources Information Center. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ^ Brideson, Andrew. "No Ticket, No Start—No More! The Teachers' Association of Australia Story". Archive of the Society's Proceedings. The HR Nicholls Society. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2018" (PDF). Australian Education Union. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ^ Patty, Anna (16 October 2018). "Second major union merger proposed for next year". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  6. ^ "AEU Organisation". www.aeufederal.org.au. Retrieved 19 August 2018.