The Deputy Prime Minister knocked some of these claims for six yesterday – here’s our story on that:
But what are these side agreements that supposedly threaten to bring down Australia’s fourth largest company?
The documents are an important way of re-establishing a relationship that — let’s face it — for most part has been one-sided and dysfunctional.
They seek to wipe the slate clean and get management and unions working together for the good of the company.
They’re not side agreements at all – they mean alot to the members represented by the unions.
Just like we don’t treat the NBN as a “side agreement”, Telstra managers shouldn’t be allowed to get away with language that treats serious and genuine efforts to re-build relationships as “side agreements”.
Faced with a skills shortage environment — with NBN bidders just itching to poach staff — Telstra management should look to the words of the Deputy Prime Minister:
“It’s the Government’s view that cooperative workplace relations drive productivity, employee engagement and satisfaction… I hope that by working together the union movement and Telstra can develop outcomes which are in the best interests of Telstra employees,” Ms Gillard said in a letter to the ACTU on 20 June, 2008.
So in the interests of fostering a cooperative workplace relations environment to drive productivity, employee engagement and satisfaction we presented Telstra with these two documents:
Please read them and let us know what you think – because we believe they will help Telstra become a stronger, more productive company by creating a better working relationship.
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