Telstra

We are writing to update you on recent developments regarding the CFW Core Jobs Review, particularly in light of the recent Union victory in the Melbourne Magistrates Court concerning a classification dispute. As previously reported, the Union recently succeeded in a case against Telstra in the Melbourne Magistrates Court, where the Court found that Telstra had misclassified a member who was

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Late last week, the Melbourne Magistrates Court delivered a judgment in a case initiated by your Union against Telstra regarding the misclassification of an employee. The court determined that the employee had been incorrectly classified at the CFW 4 level while performing duties more accurately aligned with CFW 5 responsibilities. The employee’s work included: The court concluded that these duties

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As members may already be aware, ballots of employees held to determine support for Telstra’s EBA2024 offer have been resolved with the majority of participating employees voting yes to support the Agreements. In summary: As a reminder, the following key outcomes were secured by your CWU negotiating team as part of the bargaining process: Although Telstra workers felt that the

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As members are aware, this round of bargaining with Telstra commenced earlier this year and has recently come to a halt, with Telstra signalling its intention to ask employees to vote on their current offer. Last week, we commenced a consultation process with members, consisting of an online poll and a number of online and in-person meetings with members across

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The CWU has continued to pursue a fairer pay outcome through further EBA talks with Telstra. As previously advised, Telstra’s pay offer consisted of wage movements of 4% in year one, 3.5% in year two and 3% in year three – guaranteed to be paid in full to Workstream employees, with Job Family employees again having these amounts attributed to a pay pool and

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Your Union has continued to engage with Telstra through the bargaining process to advance members’ claims for a fair, equitable and meaningful wage rise. Our members’ hard work and dedication to their roles should be recognised and fairly compensated. The cost of living crisis has exacerbated financial strain on working families as wages fail to keep up with rising inflation.

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Your CWU bargaining representatives met with Telstra again today, where the company has released its pay offer. The important points for members to note, are: Furthermore, Telstra have committed to providing a draft EBA document which ensures workers will not trade-off any existing conditions. Other than to say that, if secured, this will be the highest wage outcome seen at

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Following Telstra’s disgraceful announcement to shed up to 2,800 jobs by the end of the calendar year, the CWU has entered into consultation with Telstra in order to begin mitigating against the affects of this announcement on our members. Within those job cuts, 377 potential redundancies have been identified within the Telstra Purple Pty Ltd subsidiary, where redundancy benefits are

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Your Union bargaining representatives met with Telstra again this week, and formally submitted the following claims: 1.       Workplace safety and responsibility We are seeking to have important representative or legal compliance roles recognised and remunerated by Telstra. This includes, most importantly, health and safety representatives (HSR), fire wardens and harassment contact officers. These are important roles that create a safer and

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Following Telstra’s appalling surprise job cuts announcement on Tuesday morning, the CWU has demanded for Telstra to commence meaningful consultation in an effort to examine ways to minimise the impact on employee livelihoods. At a time when most can least afford it, Telstra has placed its employees’ families ability to meet their financial obligations in the firing line as a

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