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By Jake Sturmer and Johanna McDiarmid (ABC) Updated Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:34am AEST VIDEO: Contractors have nicknamed the telecommunications pits ‘bag-dad’ (ABC News) PHOTO: The telecommunications pits have been nicknamed ‘bag-dad’ by contractors (ABC News) RELATED STORY: NBN Co urged to plan strategies in case of Coalition win MAP: Australia Unions have told the ABC that Telstra’s copper network is in a state of disrepair, with workers at

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Members without a doubt would have seen the widespread media reports over the past week regarding Telstra’s poor management of the removal of Asbestos pits across the Network in readiness for the NBN roll-out. Penrith community residents were subject to poor work practices upon the removal of pits around Evan St & Hornseywood Ave Penrith leaving  residents concerned they had been exposed to Asbestos.

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The Union representing NBN technicians is calling for Telstra to set up a James Hardie-style fund to pay for the care and treatment of future asbestos disease victims caused by poor asbestos management on the NBN project. CEPU NSW Assistant Secretary Shane Murphy said the union was calling on Telstra to set up a register for all workers who have

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CEPU Assistant Secretary Shane Murphy spoke with Ray Hadley on 2GB this morning regarding the alarming practices taking place across the country by Telstra and its contractors when working with Telstra pits that contain Asbestos. All CEPU Telstra and sub-contractor members are advised to contact the Union office on (02) 9893 7822 if they have any concerns with regards to

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The CEPU have been made aware that Telstra Managers are out there hotly pushing the uptake of the handing out of the 14 Day Card. Telstra members are reminded they are NOT obligated to convert themselves into mobile Telstra call centre by handing out the 14 Day Card and taking calls via a Tippit number directly to there mobiles. Some

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Negotiations for the next Telstra Enterprise Agreement have now been concluded. The parties are still going over the draft Agreement to check for any errors of wording, but basically all outstanding issues have been finalised.   The full Agreement should be available to Telstra employees next week. Pay Offer The pay rises in the Agreement are the same as those previously

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For a number of weeks, Telstra and the unions’ Single Bargaining Unit have been negotiating over the size of the pay rises to be paid over the life of the next Enterprise Agreement. A number of proposals and counterproposals have been made by the negotiators in an attempt to find a figure that will be acceptable to both sides. At

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Meetings between Telstra and the unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) have taken place since the last update. These meetings were largely taken up with fine tuning the wording around a number of items such as ETT, log on and travel arrangements and essential customer servicing. The last bargaining Update reported on the issues being considered in these areas which are

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Overview of progress to date As was noted in the last bargaining update, we are fast approaching the “pointy end” of Enterprise Agreement negotiations – at least if there is to be an agreement in place by September/October. A tight timetable The nominal expiry date for the present Enterprise Agreement is 24 September and pay rises for those on Telstra’s

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The CEPU and other Telstra unions met with Telstra on Monday 7 May for further Enterprise Bargaining negotiations. This followed a number of preliminary discussions in March and April. Jobs and pay structures The discussions again covered what are essentially the core issues in these negotiations i.e. the structure of the agreement, the way in which jobs in Telstra are

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