5
Apr

Telstra action notice: 24 hour strike – Wednesday

The CEPU/CWU has notified and authorised further industrial action to advance members’ claims for a new, fair EBA – including a pay rise that allows members’ families to keep pace with the cost of living. CEPU/CWU members, who are employees of Telstra and are covered by the EBA (including AWA and ITEA) across all States and Territories, are directed to engage

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5
Apr

Telstra’s bogus legal try-on to stop your action: fail

Your action is having an impact Field workforce members today engaged in protected action between 7:30am and 8:00am – a periodic work stoppage that will be repeated again this coming Monday, 8 April. The stoppages mean that members are not undertaking any duties ordinarily performed during these periods. Despite running to any journalist who will listen to them and asserting

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1
Apr

Action notice: work stoppages between 7:30am and 8:00am

The CEPU/CWU has notified and authorised further industrial action to advance members’ claims for a new, fair EBA – including a pay rise that allows members’ families to keep pace with the cost of living. This action has been designed to allow members to send a clear message to Telstra that they deserve better, whilst minimising the impact on your

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25
Mar

Telstra action update: casual clothing days cancelled

Last week we wrote to you to advise the CEPU/CWU had authorised protected action at Telstra for members to attend for ordinary duty in casual clothing. This was planned as another way for members to engage in symbolic action to advance their claims for a fair EBA, and a fair pay rise, whilst minimising the impact of industrial action on

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22
Mar

Action notice: Casual clothing days and GOC work bans, next week

The CEPU/CWU has notified and authorised further protected action. Your Union is directing all members, employed by Telstra who are covered by the EBA (including AWA and ITEA): – Across all States and Territories to attend for duty wearing casual clothing for the duration of their engagement between 12:01am Tuesday 26 March and 11:59pm Friday 29 March 2019 and; – Employed at the Global Operations Centre (GOC) in Clayton, VIC to engage in protected action by banning

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19
Mar

Indefinite ban on accepting stores at home commences Monday

Members last week engaged in strike action for the first time in over a decade. Our initial planned symbolic action was carefully planned to occur in unpaid time and minimise the impacts on customers, whilst still allowing members to send a clear message to Telstra. Telstra’s reaction to threaten to dock members a full day’s pay for engaging, effectively locking

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7
Mar

Overtime bans at Telstra commence Wednesday

The CEPU/CWU has notified and authorised for protected industrial action in the form of indefinite overtime bans commencing on Wednesday, to follow our national strike on Tuesday. Therefore, the Union is directing all members employed by Telstra who are covered by the EBA (including AWA and ITEA) across all States and Territories to refuse to engage in any and all

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6
Mar

Telstra: On Tuesday, we STRIKE!

We wrote to you earlier this week to notify you of protected industrial action the CEPU had authorised to advance your claims for a new, fair Enterprise Agreement at Telstra – in particular, a ban on undertaking specific duties during unpaid time (log on / log off etc). This ban would’ve enabled members to send a clear message that you and your family

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4
Mar

Protected Action Notice: Telstra wide

Now is the time for action. Now is the time to make it clear to Telstra they must listen to members’ demands for an EBA that protects your hard-won conditions with a pay rise that helps your family meet the ever rising cost of living. The CEPU has notified and authorised upcoming protected industrial action nationwide and urges all members to

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26
Feb

What’s next?

Telstra Industrial Action CEPU members have overwhelmingly voted ‘yes’ in a protected action ballot which now allows you to take industrial action if Telstra continues to refuse to provide you with a fair enterprise agreement. At this time, no action has yet been planned. Over the coming period, your Officials will be out engaging with members – talking about the types of action

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