Media Releases

The Union representing NBN technicians is calling for Telstra to set up a James Hardie-style fund to pay for the care and treatment of future asbestos disease victims caused by poor asbestos management on the NBN project. CEPU NSW Assistant Secretary Shane Murphy said the union was calling on Telstra to set up a register for all workers who have

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Following intervention of your NSW Branch of the union with Australia Post at the National level over their employee locker policy decision – Australia Post has now confirmed ceasing the rollout of the locker policy until further notice. NSW Branch Secretary Jim Metcher has issued the following statement to Australia Post this morning: We are pleased that you have finally

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The CEPU is calling on Australia Post to release figures on the number of bombs and guns found in employees’ lockers – after workers were forced to sign a form promising not to bring them to work. Australia Post’s newly enforced policy requires workers to declare they are not harbouring deadly weapons in their lockers. CEPU NSW Secretary Jim Metcher

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Australia Post must do all it can to support existing jobs and create new ones as it moves into the future with the introduction of digital mailboxes, says the CEPU – Communications Union. Today’s announcement that Australia Post will introduce digital mailboxes threatens traditional mail-handling jobs, said CEPU NSW Postal and Telecommunications Secretary Jim Metcher. However it also ensured that as postal technology develops,

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BSA have added insult to injury this week by offering $50 vouchers to reward good customer service, even as installers are tallying up the hundreds of dollars in unfair fines the contractor has imposed on them this year. The reward is particularly outrageous given that new contracts recently handed out by BSA make good customer service even harder to provide.

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Foxtel installers came out in force today at Trades Hall to launch a campaign calling on the Pay TV giant to intervene and fix up new work contracts that cut pay rates and impose harsh fines for taking a sick day. New contracts issued byFoxtel contracting companies BSA and Downer will severely undermine customer service standards and income security for

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ACTU MEDIA RELEASE The workers who install home services for pay TV operator Foxtel should have secure jobs and fair pay and conditions in line with Australian workplace standards, say unions. The ACTU is backing a new campaign for secure jobs for pay TV installers, which is launched by the Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union today. ACTU President Ged Kearney

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The signing of Definitive Agreements between Telstra, NBN Co and the Commonwealth for the rollout of the National Broadband Network is an historic moment for the Australian telecommunications sector but must be accompanied by training for workers and a guarantee of secure jobs. CEPU divisional secretary Cameron Thiele said the NBN was a massive project which would create employment opportunities

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Glebe residents, whose Post Office shuts for good this week, will receive a vastly inferior postal service from the main street’s new stamp-selling convenience store, the CEPU Postal Union said today. Australia Post announced this week it will set up a Community Postal Agency offering limited postal services out of the main street’s Lucky 7 Convenience Store, to replace the Post

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Australia Post must do everything in its power to retain local Post Offices and ensure communities have access to postal services, the CEPU Communications Union said today, following news reports a string of post offices in Sydney and nationwide are to be closed down. “Australia Post has promised the union that it will do everything possible to turn around profitability

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