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4
Mar

Protected Action Notice: Telstra wide

Now is the time for action. Now is the time to make it clear to Telstra they must listen to members’ demands for an EBA that protects your hard-won conditions with a pay rise that helps your family meet the ever rising cost of living. The CEPU has notified and authorised upcoming protected industrial action nationwide and urges all members to

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26
Feb

What’s next?

Telstra Industrial Action CEPU members have overwhelmingly voted ‘yes’ in a protected action ballot which now allows you to take industrial action if Telstra continues to refuse to provide you with a fair enterprise agreement. At this time, no action has yet been planned. Over the coming period, your Officials will be out engaging with members – talking about the types of action

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25
Feb

Telstra protected action: you said YES

CEPU members have overwhelmingly voted ‘yes’ in a protected action ballot – a move which now allows them to take industrial action if Telstra continues to refuse to provide its workers with a fair enterprise agreement. Of eligible members who voted in the ballot, which was run by the Australian Electoral Commission, 88% said they are prepared to engage in

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22
Feb

Class Action commences against BSA

Your Union has continued to consult closely with our legal partners to consider any and all possible legal remedies available through the court system to address the unfair treatment of our members working in, what we describe as, shonky pyramid contracting schemes. And today, a class action lawsuit by Shine Lawyers on behalf of subbies has been announced against another of the companies we

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19
Feb

Footwear and Hosiery allowances apply to all retail staff

Branch Officials are currently visiting retail workplaces across NSW and the ACT and a matter which continues to be raised is about members’ entitlements to various clothing related allowances. Members should take note of the allowances below and ensure their purchases meet guidelines and any style requirements provided for in the Clothing Manual. Shoe allowance – Retail employees are entitled

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15
Feb

Our once-iconic telco is being run into the ground – and you’re paying for it

Andy and his mob of executives are running our once-iconic national telco into the ground. And with the way things are going – they would have you believe it was you that fell asleep on the job. Was it you that farmed out Telstra’s customer solutions work to India and the Philippines? Was it you that sacked thousands upon thousands

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8
Feb

Attack by animal exposure: new trial initiative to commence shortly.

As part of Post’s Serious Injury and Fatality program of work in 2018, the risk of attack by animal exposure was one of the highest across the business. Representations made by Branch Secretary Shane Murphy at a One Network Trial safety meeting have led to Australia Post considering further initiatives to mitigate against Posties’ exposure to dog attacks. During the

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7
Feb

Breaking: Telstra chaos across the country as customers left in the dark

Homes and businesses across Australia are today suffering from faults without technician support or repairs and missed installations due to a meltdown of Telstra’s internal job allocation system that controls sending workers and contractors to a job. CEPU NSW/ACT Branch Secretary and National President, Shane Murphy, said the system breakdown is causing chaos internally at Telstra. “Homes and businesses across

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5
Feb

Union rejects Visionstream’s ‘slap in the face’ EBA offer

CEPU Communications Division (CWU) National President and NSW/ACT Branch Secretary Shane Murphy said the Union had rejected Visionstream’s Fieldwork EBA offer, explaining the offer created an unfair class divide, attacked job security and represents a pay cut – not a pay rise. “Our members go to work each day, do the best job they can do, and expect to be

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5
Feb

Telstra net job losses blow out to 9,500

Many of the 1,500 new tech roles that would be created after sacking 9,500 staff would now be filled off-shore. When announcing the job cuts last June, Penn-ypincher said 1,500 new tech roles would be created, putting the net job reduction at around 8,000. However, at a speech at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia’s launch on Wednesday, the

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