Telecommunications

We wrote to you earlier this week to notify you of protected industrial action the CEPU had authorised to advance your claims for a new, fair Enterprise Agreement at Telstra – in particular, a ban on undertaking specific duties during unpaid time (log on / log off etc). This ban would’ve enabled members to send a clear message that you and your family

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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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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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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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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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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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With the closing date of the ballot quickly approaching, today is an important day. If you have not yet received your ballot papers, or you have damaged or lost them, you must request a replacement from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) today. Don’t think your vote doesn’t matter – it is critical, and your workmates need you to vote. Under

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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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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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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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