July 2018

A culmination of many months of discussion and planning between your Union and Australia Post will see the introduction of a trial of the One Network Structure across segments of the delivery network shortly. For far too long, posties at many workplaces across the country have been required to work side by side each other, performing the same duties to

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Telstra has drawn a line in the sand and killed off any potential further talks with Unions to reach agreement for a new EBA. They have advised they will be pushing ahead with an employee vote on their disgraceful pay offer over the first few weeks of August. FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS We have managed to massage Telstra’s controversial proposal

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Members would be aware of Australia Post’s repeated attempts to axe your Authorised Holiday (Union Picnic Day). We saw it during EBA8 talks, EBA9 talks and then again last year in the lead up to the consultation process for the day’s nomination. Thankfully, on all these occasions, management came to their senses — allowing a sensible compromise to manage the

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Telstra’s already poor customer satisfaction levels will go from bad to horrendous if the telco pushes ahead with its plans to axe 8000 jobs, the union representing Telstra workers says. An Australian Communications Consumer Action Network report released today describes Telstra as a “low performing provider” when it comes to resolving customer issues. CEPU Communications Union National President, Shane Murphy, said

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Corporate greed is alive and very, very well at Telstra.  AN INSULTING PAY OFFER Telstra have formally announced its pay offer for this round of EBA talks — a measly 1.5% p.a. For some of Telstra’s lowest paid workers, that means less than $2.50 per day. And if you are a Job Family employee, it’s not even guaranteed as Telstra

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Telstra’s devastating job cuts announcement hasn’t gone without notice at the bargaining table. UNION CLAIMS PRESENTED TO TELSTRA As a combined Unions single bargaining unit (SBU), we presented Telstra with a set of claims which focuses on job security, retraining and a fair pay increase for all employees — not just for those the boss chooses. Amongst other things, the

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