Telecommunications

NBN workers are optimistic new training facilities will go some way to addressing the Federal Government’s shambolic NBN scheme, but say the details of the training need to be thoroughly reviewed. Branch Secretary and National President, Shane Murphy, said the announcement today that NBN Co will open a number of simulated training facilities to help train 2000 external workers in

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The Telstra Enterprise Agreement will reach its nominal expiry date in October this year. Negotiations for a new Agreement are set to commence in May. Determined to secure an Agreement that puts you and your family first, it is vitally important that your views and opinions on this important Agreement that sets your terms and conditions of employment are heard. Please

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Malcolm Turnbull’s NBN is a shambolic mess, not just for consumers struggling for a connection, but also for the workers forced to deal with the disaster, the Communications Union said today. CEPU Communications Division National President Shane Murphy said that a 4Corners program aired last night revealed how the Turnbull Government’s poor handling of the project has led to a

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We wrote to you recently about plans to hold a vote to vary your EA due to changes to the Government’s Building Code that would prevent Telstra from performing work on certain Government-funded projects like the NBN and mobile blackspot program. You can read it again by clicking here. However, following considerable lobbying by the CEPU, an exemption to the

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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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Over the past few weeks, a number of discussions have taken place between Telstra and your Union in relation to Telstra’s ability to continue performing Government funded work. The Turnbull Government has rammed through changes to the Building Code 2016 which dictate how companies tendering for Federal Government-funded work operate, including their industrial instruments which cover their employees such as

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Around 55 telecommunications technicians working on the Telstra copper network connecting and maintaining the NBN have been sacked on the spot today, leaving workers, their families and regional communities devastated. Trilogie Resourcing, a labour-hire shell company with ownership connections to NBN and Telstra backed training provider Celemetrix, told the workers from the Port Macquarie, Newcastle & Hunter, Greater Sydney and

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The CEPU today said it had been surprised at Telstra’s decision to sack up to 1400 workers, and was disappointed the company had decided not to consult with workers through their union. Months into the planning by Telstra executives and today Telstra workers and their union were ambushed without any prior notice. The union’s National Secretary Greg Rayner said workers had

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Breaches of customer privacy involving overseas call centres are entirely predictable, according to the Communications Union. They were responding to reporting by Fairfax that corrupt insiders in overseas call centres are selling the personal and private data belonging to Australian Telstra, Optus and Vodafone customers. According to the reports, the information is sold to third parties who in turn on-sell

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Communications Union National President Shane Murphy today welcomed the announcement of Telstra’s profit increase and capital buy back, but said the result demonstrated how dishonest Telstra’s justifications were for offshoring and contracting out local jobs. He said offshoring and the use of cheap, contracted labour for critical network and infrastructure maintenance tasks had led to mass outages and a significant drop

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