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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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Australians are being urged to help keep our posties safe on the roads, with new statistics released by Australia Post revealing there’s been a 30 per cent increase in posties injured by others on our roads.  The call marks World Post Day and comes in support of Australia Post’s campaign aimed at improving road safety for posties. “This World Post

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The Union representing NBN workers, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), is welcoming Labor’s announcement that the Federal Government will introduce legislation that will keep NBN Co in public hands. “This is a welcomed announcement, and the right thing to ensure our national broadband infrastructure remains universally accessible and affordable, for all Australians,” says Shane Murphy, CWU National President. “More than

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Negotiations for a new EBA for workers employed by NBN Co will commence shortly. NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIONAL RIGHTS (NERR) NBN Co is obliged by the Fair Work Act to issue all employees who are intended to be covered by the proposed Agreement with a Notice of Employee Representational Rights. You are not required to appoint a bargaining representative – as a

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Voting in the EBA11 ballot of employees has now closed, and members across the country have thrown their overwhelming support behind their new Enterprise Agreement. EBA11 will lock-in all your existing rights at work, without any trade-offs, continue to maximise full-time jobs as the preferred employment model at Australia Post, protects the 15% postie payment and will make it easier

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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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We’re pleased to report to members that following further discussions at a high level this week, the CWU and Australia Post have reached agreement, in-principle, on EBA11. A proposed new EBA11 would, subject to member approval, lock-in the following key outcomes for members, and their families: As part of the overall package, the CWU and Australia Post will continue working

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Bargaining for a new EBA11 at Australia Post has continued over the past weeks, with your Officials meeting with different management representatives to resolve outstanding matters of contention specific to a number of occupational groups across the company. This week, formal talks between Australia Post and your National and State Branch leadership teams have recommenced and we have made significant

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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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