MEMBERSHIP PLEBISCITE ADVICE CWU members should by now have received a ballot paper for an internal union membership vote (plebiscite).The issue you are being asked to vote on concerns the rules of your union, the CWU, which is the Communications Division of the larger CEPU.The other two divisions of our larger union are the Electrical …
TELSTRA EA 2015 The CWU and other Telstra unions (the CPSU and Professionals Australia) met with Telstra on the 12 May, for the opening of enterprise bargaining negotiations. This was really a preliminary meeting concerned largely with technical matters such as the scheduling of meetings over the bargaining period and the general conduct of discussions. …
TELSTRA REDUNDANCY ENTITLEMENTS Attempts are still being made to deceive members and other employees in Telstra regarding the Telstra redundancy entitlements. As a result we are explaining once again the actual situation relating to our redundancy agreement with Telstra. In February this year a single Telstra modern award replaced the 11 previous Telstra Awards. An …
UNION ELECTIONS – IMPORTANT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS Union elections take place every 4 years. The CWU elections will take place during June 2015. There will be elections in almost all states (except for the Victorian Branch T&S which is elected unopposed), and for all Divisional (National) positions. The ballot papers will be sent to all financial …
The Branch has concluded a series of member meetings and telephone conferences to discuss the imminent Enterprise Bargaining negotiations with Telstra. We would appreciate further member and non-member input: give us your views on the coming EA via the CWU membership survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NL6WTTG Problem with the hyperlink: highlight and right click – open hyperlink Please …
Telstra EA ‘Vote No’
REMINDER: TELSTRA EA SURVEY Bargaining for a new Enterprise Agreement (EA) in Telstra is due to start in May. In preparation for negotiations, the CWU has been sounding out members about their priorities for this round of bargaining. Membership meetings are being held and membership surveys are being circulated by state branches. So far the …
DAVID THODEY DEPARTS FROM TELSTRA David Thodey has announced his departure from Telstra. He will be replaced by Andrew Penn, the company’s current Chief Financial Officer. Thodey replaced Sol Trujillo as Chief Executive Officer in 2009 at a time when Telstra’s stocks were close to an all-time low – both in terms of its actual …
Optus Award Modernisation The CWU met with Optus on 17 March to discuss finalisation of the modern Optus award. Last year, the Fair Work Commission agreed that Optus should have a modern enterprise award rather than being covered by the modern industry award, the Telecommunications Services Award. But it sent Optus and the CWU off …
CWU SECURES KEY TELSTRA AWARD CONDITIONS The CWU continues to be successful in protecting core award entitlements for Telstra employees. In January, the Fair Work Commission Full Bench issued its decision to make a new modern enterprise award in Telstra and the order to make the award was made on Monday 9 February. Although under …