CWUVIC SUBBIES AND TECHS – LOOK OUT FOR YOUR TOOLS! Police from Melbourne’s south-east are calling for tradies to secure their gear after a spike in tool thefts. The problem isn’t only in the South East. Techs, Subbies and Tradies in all areas of Melbourne are urged be aware at all times. Between July 2015 and …
Michael Pollock. Ballarat Courier. 27 Sep 2016 The Communications Workers Union is calling for Telstra to reverse its proposed move to sack up to 19 wideband design staff in Ballarat. CWU Victorian secretary John Ellery met with Ballarat staff on Tuesday amid fears any potential loss of jobs would mean a closure of the Dowling Street site, …
CWU (T&S) VIC MEDIA RELEASE COMMUNICATION WORKERS UNION, Communications Division, Telecommunications & Services Branch Victoria, a division of the CEPU (Communications Electrical Plumbing Union) representing Telstra, Australia Post, Optus, ESTA and other communications sector employees. FURTHER HIGH LEVEL TELSTRA TECHNICAL STAFF CUTS WILL KILL OFF REGIONAL VICTORIAN JOBS Communications Workers Union Victorian Secretary John Ellery …
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The CWU is continuing to receive calls from members about the implementation of overtime rosters (or forced overtime) in Customer Service Delivery. Of particular concern are recent reports from Victoria of management threatening to “write up” employees (i.e. threatening disciplinary action) when they have informed management that they are not available for overtime on a …
Start of Day – End of Day – Section 12 of the 2015-2018 Telstra EBA What are your legal requirements resulting from the current Telstra EBA if you are automatically dispatched? For many years, the EBA legal issue of the “unpaid” half hour “give” on either side of your paid day has been poorly understood, …
RDO’S – HOW DID THEY COME ABOUT AND WHAT’S THE FUTURE FOR THEM? Rostered Day Off (RDO) arrangements came about in the middle 1970’s following an ATEA (the Technician’s Union which was a predecessor of the CWU) industrial dispute with Telecom Australia (now Telstra). The Union had sought to get the same working hours that …
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OVERTIME (TELSTRA EBA CLAUSE 20 – ADDITIONAL HOURS) Recent pressure on Telstra field staff regarding overtime requirements continue to paint the picture of a significantly under staffed field workforce. The mass redundancies (and use of the sub-contractor model through ISGM and its predecessors) of the last few years has resulted in a field staff shortage …
CWU SIGNAL No. 686 – 10 August 2016 CWU (T&S) Vic ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST at 6PM, TRADES HALL, Cnr LYGON/VICTORIA Sts, CARLTON in MEETING ROOM 2 (Use Lygon St entrance, MR2 is located opposite Reception. Street parking usually available) Telstra prepares to send more jobs offshore. Pubs support sacked CUB workers Visionstream …
TELSTRA SLASHES CONTACT CENTRE JOBS IN PERTH, MELBOURNE The CWU has condemned a plan that will see hundreds of employee jobs cut from Telstra’s Global Contact Centre (GCC) operations as more functions are offshored. Telstra notified the CWU on 6 July that it is proposing to close its Dedicated Moves Team (DMT) centre in Perth …
TELSTRA: CWU CHALLENGES DESIGN BANDING DECISIONS The CWU continues to pursue issues arising out of the Design banding review being conducted in Network Services. Many CWU members have expressed concerns about both the process and the outcomes of this review which Telstra says is aimed at getting consistency in the banding of roles across the …