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Following intervention from the CEPU on behalf of subcontractors over the issuing of fines to subcontractors from BSA, the majority of BSA subcontractors have had there fines removed. BSA have attempted to make an example out of a very limited amount of subcontractors and continue to apply the fines to them. The CEPU is seeking the appropriate advice to represent these subcontractors further

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Optus has written to the CEPU notifying the Union that it is undertaking a review of the organisational structure of its Networks business unit. The company says the review will examine the unit’s engineering, operations and support functions with a view to ensuring that it can best function to support the company’s core objectives. It is interesting to note that

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Telstra HR have advised the CEPU that as from 21 October 2008, Telstra will retain a copy of all emails sent and received via the Telstra internal email system. Most employees are aware that their emails can be scrutinised now and should not be reassured by Telstra’s Workplace Surveillance policy. The emails will be stored for 7 years and can

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The CEPU has begun gearing up for industrial action to help members reach a new union collective agreement with Telstra.  Late last Friday, the union’s Divisional Executive gave the green light to consult members about the timing and staging of protected and prolonged industrial action. CEPU National President Ed Husic said that despite the best efforts of the CEPU, CPSU

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Telstra employees have delivered a stunning rebuff to management by rejecting the two non-Union negotiated agreements voted on this week. By voting “NO” they have said that they simply don’t trust Telstra to do the right thing by them and offer them a fair deal. And they are asking why their Unions have been cut out of the negotiating process.

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A leaked document from Australia Post makes it very clear that vans with no side windows have been introduced to cut costs and because someone in management likes the look of them. “I have no intention of providing ammunition for drivers and their Union that will either impact either the financial or security related benefits, nor impact the modernization of

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Telstra is repeating history by rushing through non-union agreements in a race to beat the introduction of fairer workplace laws. Want the proof? The Federal Government has completed a review of Telstra’s proposed non-union agreements. It has put Telstra’s non-union agreements up for scrutiny against the proposed new workplace laws. And guess what? Telstra’s offer is seriously lacking in many

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Things you need to know when considering Telstra’s non-negotiated, non-union document called an “Employee Collective Agreement”. The current cost of living index (CPI) is increasing at 4.6% per annum and is rising quickly. Next year who knows? Any pay increase less than 5% or 6% is likely to be a real pay cut. What about reward for productivity and profit?

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Telstra workers should be given the choice to have their unions negotiate a collective agreement rather than have the company’s managers push a non-negotiable job contract upon them. Unions have today applied to the industrial umpire, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, to help end the dispute with the company by conducting a ballot of Telstra employees about whether they want

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On Friday 15 August the CEPU met with Australia Post to discuss our draft Common Law Agreement. We believe a number of factors compromised the development of EBA7: the abuse of WorkChoices to remove conditions that have existed in Post for many years, particularly matters that do pertain to the employment relationship; the position of the former Government that agreements

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