Financial Report 2015
FINANCIAL REPORT
ESTA Corrected Meeting Dates and FWC Update
Further to the previous bulletin, please be advised of the following location changes to the below members meeting We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the previous incorrect locations however we strongly encourage all members to attend these meetings where the unions will be providing an update on the status of barganing. Further, this morning …
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Signal 668
SIGNAL No. 668– 15 June 2015 FOR THE UNION’S SAKE PLEASE VOTE! The union’s four yearly elections are on. Voting is taking place throughout June. Your opportunity to vote ends on 30th June 2015. It is a fact that only a minority of union members vote in union elections. Let’s change that in these elections. …
ESTA’s Below The Line Wage Offer
ESTA today tabled an insulting wage offer of 2.5% per year over 4 years. This offer is below market rates of pay. The average public sector enterprise bargaining wage increase is 3.5% per year. It is disappointing that ESTA feels that their wage offer is appropriate remuneration for all the hard work you all do. …
ESTA WALKS AWAY FROM NEGOTIATIONS
Your bargaining team are frustrated to report that ESTA has cancelled this week’s bargaining meeting. The Agreement expires in less than 4 weeks and ESTA is still not in a position to bargain. ESTA claim to need 2 weeks to discuss the union’s claim of minimum staffing. This is not good enough, given the Unions …
CWU eNews 27 May 2015
OFF SHORING A MUCH VEXED QUESTION The issue of offshoring of Telstra jobs has long been a vexed question for our members. Obviously without political/public intervention the Telstra Management for example, will continue to sell out Australian jobs in the interests of the company’s bottom line. To achieve our goals on this issue will take …
Signal 667
REST BREAKS: TELSTRA DIGS IN Telstra is continuing to maintain its current position on rest breaks for employees working in Directory Assistance centres despite the CWU having notified the Fair Work Commission of a dispute in this area. On Friday 15 May, the CWU and Telstra attended a conference called by Fair Work Commission to …
ESTA Finally Listens and Drops Anti-worker Claims
Five months into barganing and following clear feedback from your barganing team, ESTA has finally listened and tabled a new log which significantly reduces the attacks on your hard fought for working conditions. While this management log is still not formally endorsed by Government, ESTA has officially advised that they will not be pursuing the …
Telstra EA – No Change To Redundancy Payout
NO CHANGE TO REDUNDANCY PAYOUTS Telstra has formally confirmed that it will not be seeking any changes to employees’ redundancy payout entitlements in the current round of enterprise bargaining. The 80+ (maximum) redundancy payout will remain in the new Enterprise Agreement. Telstra’s letter confirming this commitment can be found at the union website at www.cwu.org.au. …