Telecommunications

For a number of weeks, Telstra and the unions’ Single Bargaining Unit have been negotiating over the size of the pay rises to be paid over the life of the next Enterprise Agreement. A number of proposals and counterproposals have been made by the negotiators in an attempt to find a figure that will be acceptable to both sides. At

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Meetings between Telstra and the unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) have taken place since the last update. These meetings were largely taken up with fine tuning the wording around a number of items such as ETT, log on and travel arrangements and essential customer servicing. The last bargaining Update reported on the issues being considered in these areas which are

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Overview of progress to date As was noted in the last bargaining update, we are fast approaching the “pointy end” of Enterprise Agreement negotiations – at least if there is to be an agreement in place by September/October. A tight timetable The nominal expiry date for the present Enterprise Agreement is 24 September and pay rises for those on Telstra’s

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The CEPU and other Telstra unions met with Telstra on Monday 7 May for further Enterprise Bargaining negotiations. This followed a number of preliminary discussions in March and April. Jobs and pay structures The discussions again covered what are essentially the core issues in these negotiations i.e. the structure of the agreement, the way in which jobs in Telstra are

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The CEPU and other Telstra unions met with Telstra on Thursday 26 April as part of the current enterprise bargaining negotiations. This was the second formal meeting between Telstra and the unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) and was again largely concerned with establishing an agreed approach towards and timetable for bargaining. There was also some preliminary discussion on one of

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Bargaining for a new Enterprise Agreement (EA) in Telstra has officially begun with Telstra formally notifying its employees of bargaining on Wednesday 28 March. All CEPU members will shortly receive a survey in the mail and are asked to complete the survey honestly and return it back to the CEPU as soon as possible. This follows a number of preliminary meetings

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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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