Foxtel / Downer / 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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Following considerable lobbying by the CEPU, an exemption may prevent the requirement to vary the Telstra EA as reported previously, here. The Federal Government has performed a major backflip with an amendment to the Building Code 2016 allowing companies to apply to the Australian Building and Construction Commission for an exemption to the Code. This amendment applies from tomorrow, 22 August

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If Foxtel didn’t realise they had a problem with installers before today then they do now!!! The sound of Foxtel installer vans and truck horns echoed around the Macquarie Park area for nearly an hour replicating the anger of the installers for being ignored. Foxtel installers came out in force today holding a protest outside Foxtel’s Macquarie Park head office.

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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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