Telecommunications

Bargaining with Visionstream management recommenced last week following employees’ rejection of the bosses’ EBA proposal earlier this month. Whilst the bosses’ EBA was voted down by a modest margin, the participation rate was over 90% – clearly demonstrating that employees are engaged in their EBA process and are looking for fairer pay and conditions. This is also in light of

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Talks continued with the Unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) and Telstra meeting this week to continue negotiations Clause 45 As has been the case the last few meetings, this fixation of Telstra’s again dominated discussions – with the company again making it clear they will not reach agreement without a Clause 45 in some form or another. As you will

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The Union representing Telstra workers is outraged today after a remuneration report revealed that Andy Penn will be receiving a 33% pay rise, on the back of slashing 9,500 jobs and profit dropping by 40%. CEPU Communications Union National President, Shane Murphy, said, “The Union is absolutely appalled by Andy Penn giving himself a 33% pay rise while under his

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Talks continued with the Unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) and Telstra meeting this week to continue negotiations Clause 45 Clause 45 once again dominated discussions at the latest meeting – with Telstra responding to the SBU’s proposal, advanced at the last meeting. As you may recall, the SBU had advanced proposals that would secure and preserve terms and conditions for

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Talks continued with the Unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) and Telstra meeting this week to continue negotiations. Much of the focus was on Telstra’s resurrection of Clause 45 and the SBU’s concerns over its possible application. Clause 45 The SBU had, at the last meeting, committed to seeking external expert advice on the application of Clause 45 and the possibility of

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Talks continued with the Unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) and Telstra meeting this week. A meeting earlier this week was cut short and resumed yesterday due to an unforeseen urgent matter being heard in the Fair Work Commission. Conversion of casual to permanent employment We have reached agreement on many aspects of this new clause, which will provide a process

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Tell them it isn’t good enough. Vote NO. Send them back to the table.  JOB SECURITY AT RISK During bargaining, your Union advanced a claim to introduce a clause which would limit Visionstream’s ability to use contractors to perform the work ordinarily undertaken by permanent employees. Visionstream agreed to this claim, only to back-flip on the deal six weeks later.

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Following our conference involving the Fair Work Commission last week regarding Visionstream’s current job cutting campaign, the Union and the company met to discuss our concerns around the current process – particularly around their external recruitment programs and redeployment opportunities available for members who wish to maintain employment with the company.. Your Union secured a number of outcomes during these

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As a recap, on 16 May Visionstream announced a number of job cuts in their Fixed Networks operations – affecting 49 EBA employees. These cuts, Visionstream claim, are due to changes in the wideband market and reduced work volumes. Impacted members include those former Silcar employees that retained benefits over and above those provided for in the Visionstream Fieldwork EBA

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Talks are continuing with the Unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) meeting with Telstra for further talks yesterday. Pay – due diligence continues Telstra is still considering the SBU’s counter-offer to the company’s current offer of 1.5% – a pay cut, in real terms. Telstra advised that they do intend to increase their offer – by how much, is not yet

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