Telstra

Over the past few weeks, a number of discussions have taken place between Telstra and your Union in relation to Telstra’s ability to continue performing Government funded work. The Turnbull Government has rammed through changes to the Building Code 2016 which dictate how companies tendering for Federal Government-funded work operate, including their industrial instruments which cover their employees such as

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Communications Union National President Shane Murphy today welcomed the announcement of Telstra’s profit increase and capital buy back, but said the result demonstrated how dishonest Telstra’s justifications were for offshoring and contracting out local jobs. He said offshoring and the use of cheap, contracted labour for critical network and infrastructure maintenance tasks had led to mass outages and a significant drop

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Members would be more than aware that Branch Assistant Secretary Shane Murphy, along with CEPU representatives from all states outside of Victoria have been locked out of formal EA talks by CWUnion Divisional Secretary Dan Dwyer, Divisional President Len Cooper and Divisional Assistant Secretary Ken Hardisty. As such, we shared a number of letters with you from your NSW/ACT Branch

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Your Union needs to hear from you! Telstra EA negotiations are set to commence in May and it is important that we prioritise the matters that are important to our members. Please take the time to complete this important survey, it shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes to complete. Click here to start the survey now

The maintenance backlog across Telstra’s 100-year-old copper network has reached crisis point over Christmas and January with no end in sight. “Maintenance and waiting time figures obtained by the CEPU and published today show Telstra’s chronic underinvestment in maintenance and repairs is catching up with them,” said Communication Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) NSW/ACT Assistant Secretary Shane Murphy “Over the past

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MEDIA ALERT: Shane Murphy will be holding a media doorstop outside the community meeting Time: 11.15am. Wednesday 29th October Place: Dartmouth Hotel, 1 Murtagh Place Dartmouth PICTURES OF THE NETWORK AVAILABLE HERE: http://1drv.ms/1zeaOhf An audit of the state of the Telstra telephone network in Dartmouth has shown it is in a state of disrepair, with leaves and other debris found in

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The Union representing Telstra technicians has warned the $4.28 billion profit announced today by the company has come through cost cutting, failure to invest in essential network infrastructure and cuts to services, particularly in regional areas. CEPU NSW Secretary Jim Metcher said the narrow push for dividends for investors came at the expense of the downgrading of services and cutting

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The Union representing NBN technicians is calling for the Federal Government to reject the Commission of Audit’s recommendation to axe the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency. CEPU NSW Assistant Secretary Shane Murphy said asbestos had a long and damaging history in Australia, and the recent rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) had once again seen asbestos exposure affect workers and residents in many states. The abolition of

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The new Government has only been in for a few weeks and already Telstra executives have come out of their burrows. They are attempting to move workers across to the far inferior “Workchoices – AWA” style job “Adams” family system. CEPU members would be aware that Telstra have issued a notice to employees outlining changes to incentive plans for 2013-2014.

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Video from ABC’s 7:30 can be watched here: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2013/s3799533.htm Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 09/07/2013 Reporter: Greg Hoy How will underperforming and financially troubled contractors as well as complaints of inadequate pay to others affect the rollout of Australia’s biggest infrastructure project, the National Broadband Network. Transcript LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Sticking with politics, the Federal Government has long spruiked its National Broadband

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