Telecommunications

Service Stream subbies have recently raised the lack of work available at Service Stream I&M across NSW with the Union. Subcontractors have reported that they are lucky to receive 2 work tickets per day. Others are receiving none. Although unfortunate, the lack of work at Service Stream is due to the unavoidable current situation of low work volumes across Telstra.

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The status of at least some of Telstra’s non-Union Employee Collective Agreements (ECAs) could be in doubt as a result of a successful case brought by the CEPU. The Federal Court has ruled that employees at electrical company Blue Star Pacific were not given a reasonable opportunity to decide whether they wanted to accept a proposed ECA because they were

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The CEPU is seeking the views of its Optus members and other employees as to the content of the next Optus Employee Partnership Agreement (EPA). Although the current Optus EPA does not reach its expiry date until October, the company has begun what it describes as “discussions” with employees about the content of the new agreement.  In correspondence with the

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CEPU members in Silcar are currently voting on an Enterprise Agreement proposal for the second time. In June, the CEPU Divisional Executive agreed to recommend two new agreements to its Silcar members, one for  Silcar Communications which provides a range of telecommunications access services and another for  Silcar Telecommunications which covers telepower functions. Both agreements provided minimum 4% annual pay

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The CEPU and other Telstra Unions are continuing their negotiations with the company for a new Enterprise Agreement. As indicated in previous e-Bulletins, headline issues include: 1.      regulation of performance management systems to ensure fairness and transparency; 2.      updating, where necessary, of banding and classification systems; 3.      redundancy provisions; 4.      dispute settlement and consultation processes. As members would be aware, legislative changes introduced by

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On the day that the new Fair Work Act has taken effect, the CEPU and other unions along with Telstra have released details of a new Principles Agreement designed to promote a better working relationship into the future (outlined below). After 13 years of conflict driven laws, today marks the start of a new way for employers and unions to

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The CEPU has announced that it will immediately suspend its industrial action campaign at Telstra. Late yesterday afternoon, a teleconference of the union’s Divisional Executive  unanimously voted to suspend action following Telstra’s commitment to enter into formal talks ahead of 1 July. “The CEPU is committed to good faith bargaining with Telstra,” CEPU National President Mr Ed Husic said. “Telstra’s

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When you read today’s announcement about Telstra’s planned approach to negotiate with employees over a new enterprise agreement, nothing could better demonstrate that little’s changed at Telstra. Here’s what they sent us Sure, the CEO’s changed – but today shows that the mindset remains the same. In a self-gratifying gesture, Telstra pauses for applause over their announcement to obey the

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Since the decision by CEPU to intensify the industrial action CEPU members have jumped into action. Here is a quick report on what has occurred – you can download a PDF of all this here: Next Generation Network members have taken further action walking out for two days in the week before Easter, and two days the week after Easter.

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The major Union in Telstra has warned that the corporation’s continued push to cut jobs threatens the local telco industry’s ability to be part of Federal Government plans to rollout its new National Broadband Network. The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union’s National President Ed Husic said in The Australian today that in the last few weeks Telstra has flagged nearly

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