CWUnion Victorian Telstra Members Bulletin TELSTRA EBA MEETING UPDATE. Phoenix from the ashes – clause 45 (transfer of business) rears its ugly head – again! Last Thursday (4 July), reps from 2 of the 3 Unions (CPSU and ourselves – Professionals Australia wasn’t present), along with a number of bargaining agents representing either themselves or …
The delays continue! It would appear that there is no real wish by Telstra Management to satisfactorily conclude the Telstra EBA talks. Following the last meeting where it was made clear from the start by Darren Fewster that the Telstra negotiators were not in a position to respond to the SBU’s “rock bottom line” pay …
CWU Telstra Members. At a time when many members are facing Redundancy, some incorrect information is being circulated regarding the current Telstra Redundancy Agreement (as contained in the Telstra EBA). The current Telstra Redundancy Agreement payout is safe. During the current EBA negotiations, Telstra initially sought to remove any suggestion of an attack on the …
Members are advised that unions reached in principle agreement with ESTA and government representatives late yesterday evening following almost a year of bargaining. Unions reached agreement following commitments by government and ESTA in relation to claims identified by unions as threshold items. These include the following: Staffing An independent review of staffing levels under the …
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CWU Victorian Members,Last Tuesday night, during a notified Special Phone Hook of Victorian T&S and P&T members (and invited NSW Telecommunications & Services Branch members), considerable disruption was caused to the meeting (as it was the previous week) by an anonymous supposed “North Eastern Victorian” member) . As a result, the decision was made to …
Ref: SLD 19/56 –13 May 2019 CWUnion Victorian Telstra Members Bulletin EBA Negotiations Update – Where are we at and how do we progress the claim? Special Telephone Hook-up (for Vic T&S, Vic P&T, & NSW T&S Members only) TUESDAY 14th MAY AT 7.30PM Dial In: (03)8687 0635 Guest Code: 92689671# CEPU representatives Shane Murphy, …
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TELSTRA PROTECTED ACTION – RE BANS SUSPENSION AND RESUMED EBA TALKS Special Telephone Hookup TUESDAY 7th MAY AT 7.30PM CEPU and other bargaining Representatives will re-commence EBA talks as a result of the suspension by the CEPU of notified protected industrial action (Recall and overtime bans and 1 hr stoppages). These talks are programmed for …
ESTA STALL WHILE GOVERNMENT LEGISLATE FOR BARGAINING ON STAFFING LEVELS The Unions met with ESTA and Government representatives on 1 May 2019 to present a counter offer. This offer was a pragmatic approach to try and reach an agreement. Part of this offer was to address the threshold issues of: Staffing levels; A new classification …