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Talks are continuing with the Unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) meeting with Telstra for further talks yesterday. Pay – due diligence continues Telstra is still considering the SBU’s counter-offer to the company’s current offer of 1.5% – a pay cut, in real terms. Telstra advised that they do intend to increase their offer – by how much, is not yet

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To feel safe at work is a fundamental right of every worker in this country. Unfortunately, for a number of members in retail, this has not necessarily been the case at times. We all understand, from a customer’s perspective, that time is valuable. And as Australia Post continues to dish up staffing review after staffing review calling for more reductions

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The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has granted our application for an urgent hearing in to our dispute concerning Visionstream’s job cutting campaign. A few weeks ago Visionstream announced 49 redundancies. Since then, your Union has attempted to engage with the company through consultation to find out what the redundancies are all about, and to investigate their genuineness. With the company

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ISGM have filed and served their defence, denying the allegation that group members who entered sub-contracting arrangements with ISGM were actually employees of ISGM. On 14 May 2019, Shine Lawyers and ISGM appeared before the Federal Court of Australia for a case management hearing to discuss a range of legal matters including a cross claim, reinstatement application, common fund order and declassing/opt-in application. These will be

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Our organisation exists to advance the interests of our members. And as a democratic organisation, every four years members vote to decide who will lead their Union for the coming term. The integrity of that democratic process, free from the interference of Officers of Branches in any official capacity, is incredibly important. However, in the lead up to this year’s

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Telstra yesterday announced it is axing 1329 jobs from various parts of the business – a move the union says will undoubtedly impact the telco’s ability to deliver a quality service to its customers. The job cuts – which are part of one the largest job purges in Australian corporate history – are the latest in a string of large-scale

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The recommencement of talks is continuing productively with the most recent meeting being held on 21 May. Pay – due diligence continues Telstra is continuing with their due diligence exercise into the combined Unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU)’s counter-offer to Telstra’s real-terms pay-cut offer of 1.5%. As a reminder, the SBU counter-offer includes: A 2.5% p.a. wage rise A lump-sum

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Dear members, Yesterday we wrote to you about concerning statements made by the NSW T&S and Victorian Branches in relation to the recommencement of bargaining with Telstra. The claims made by those Officials were purposely misleading and their reckless misrepresentations of what has actually occurred during the course of bargaining were made without regard for the possible impacts on ensuring

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Members may have recently received an EBA update originating from the CWU NSW T&S Branch making a number of statements in relation to the recommencement of bargaining with Telstra. The claims being made by the current T&S Branch Secretary, Dan Dwyer, are without foundation by an Official who has not been present in bargaining meetings and is not a member

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Talks with Telstra for a new EBA 2019 recommenced today for the first time since suspending our ongoing campaign of protected industrial action. Talks kicked off to a positive start with a focus on addressing a number of outstanding matters of contention that are preventing us from reaching Agreement. Improving job security under new contracting out conditions Talks with Telstra

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