Telstra

The CEPU and other Telstra unions met with Telstra on Thursday 26 April as part of the current enterprise bargaining negotiations. This was the second formal meeting between Telstra and the unions’ Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) and was again largely concerned with establishing an agreed approach towards and timetable for bargaining. There was also some preliminary discussion on one of

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Bargaining for a new Enterprise Agreement (EA) in Telstra has officially begun with Telstra formally notifying its employees of bargaining on Wednesday 28 March. All CEPU members will shortly receive a survey in the mail and are asked to complete the survey honestly and return it back to the CEPU as soon as possible. This follows a number of preliminary meetings

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New Telstra travel allowance rates applicable from 1 July 2011

The signing of Definitive Agreements between Telstra, NBN Co and the Commonwealth for the rollout of the National Broadband Network is an historic moment for the Australian telecommunications sector but must be accompanied by training for workers and a guarantee of secure jobs. CEPU divisional secretary Cameron Thiele said the NBN was a massive project which would create employment opportunities

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CEPU members in Telstra will be receiving two salary increases in the second half of this year. One increase will take effect on 1 July 2011, the next 1 October 2011. Please click here to find a listing of all EBA designations and their corresponding rates of pay as of both effective dates. (Adobe Reader required)

The CEPU have met again with Telstra to discuss how its $100 million government grant for NBN-related training will be used. The CEPU has been concerned to ensure that it had a role in oversighting the training programme. The union wants to make sure that any of its members affected by the NBN project have the best possible opportunities for

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The CEPU has made representations to Telstra about the impact of the Reach restructure on its members. In January, Telstra announced that it would reorganise its international business which since 2000 it has conducted through Reach, a joint venture with Hong Kong-based PCCW. Under those arrangements, Telstra’s international cable and gateway assets were placed in Reach. Now Telstra and PCCW

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The CEPU continues to be engaged with Telstra over the new payroll system introduced last year. The CEPU and other Telstra unions met with Telstra for the second time this year to discuss progress on addressing the many problems that the new system has created. These problems have included incorrect taxation deductions, over and under payments, incorrect penalty/overtime payments and

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Telstra is considering outsourcing as many as 1200 more “back-of-house” jobs, according to press reports earlier this month. The Australian Financial Review said that the plan was part of Project New which aims to cut costs and simplify the company’s operations – while at the same time supposedly improving customer service. The AFR report said that a Request for Proposal

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As many as 1000 customer contact jobs, largely in regional Australia, are likely to be lost as a result of changes to Telstra call centre contracts. Outsourcing companies Salmat and Vertex have both announced that they have lost their contracts with Telstra in the course of a new round of tendering it is undertaking. Salmat provides customer contact services to

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