Telecommunications

The CEPU met with Telstra recently to discuss the impact of the Telstra/NBN Co agreement on the company and its employees. Obviously the agreement, if it goes ahead, will bring about a radical restructuring of the company and its operations over the next decade. The CEPU wishes to ensure that its members are protected in this process and that new

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Negotiations for an Enterprise Agreement with Visionstream have been progressing. The New EA will replace the current non-Union Employee Collective Agreement and Australian Workplace Agreements used by Visionstream under the Howard Workchoices legislation. There remain some key issues that are still require further negotiation, including salary increases and redundancy provisions. Visionstream members will be kept informed of progress.

The Heads of Agreement signed yesterday between Telstra and the National Broadband Network Company is good news for jobs in Australia’s communications industry and good news for our national infrastructure says the ACTU and the CEPU. The deal announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Telstra CEO David Thodey will ensure NBN Co, the government-owned company rolling out the network,

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The CEPU has condemned Telstra’s latest plans to cut 900 operations staff from its workforce during the next financial year. Telstra’s decision to slash jobs will see approximately 1 in 16 skilled employees removed from supplying quality service to Telstra customers. CEPU NSW Assistant Secretary Shane Murphy slammed the future job cuts which the union claims will severely impact on

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The CEPU is continuing to meet with Telstra to attempt to resolve outstanding pay issues in the proposed EA. Further discussions took place on 12th April. At this meeting the CEPU also requested a copy of a draft agreement which Telstra has prepared.  The union has subsequently received a copy of this document. While the document contains matters on which

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Members would already be aware of Telstra’s self labelled “final final offer”.  The CEPU has been holding discussions with members across the state to communicate the details of this offer and obtain members’ feedback. The details of Telstra’s offer so far    ·     Pay increases of 2% plus a 2.5% sign on bonus in 2009, 2% in July 2010, 2% in

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Members are advised that Telstra has been informed that protected industrial action is to be carried out by CEPU members in the company this week. The protected action is as follows: 24 hour stoppage of work for CEPU members employed in Network Construction From 12:01am until 11:59pm Thursday 25 February 2010. and 24 hour stoppage of work for CEPU members

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Having had enough of low, unreasonable job rates and a further deterioration of take home pay caused by Foxtel’s evergrowing preference for the wireless Digitpath add-on as opposed to the traditional wired return path install to enable interactive features of Foxtel Digital, Foxtel Downer subbies stopped work for two days this week in pursuit of a fair rates improvement. Following

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Negotiations between Telstra and the Unions have now reached a very complex and delicate stage. Over the past 48 hours there has been, it is fair to say some positive indications from Telstra in relation to some (but not all) issues that remain in dispute. Both the Telstra Management and the CEPU Divisional Executive are still considering the current position.

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After Telstra rolled out their disappointing pay offer, things have quietened down on the EA front.But we’re getting messages from members informing us that some local managers are being quite … “inventive” … when it comes to briefing employees on the state of play with the EA talks. For the record, if a manager tells you the Union is happy

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