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Today’s revelations that Optus is axing 200 jobs from across the country has come as a devastating blow to workers. Optus today announced that it will cut 200 jobs and close 36 stores nationwide as it pulls the plug on its Virgin Mobile brand. CEPU Communications Union National President, Shane Murphy, said the news will hit workers and their families

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Working Australians and their families across the country will be taking to the streets over the coming weeks in a significant escalation to the Change the Rules campaign — demanding more secure work and fair pay. Events are planned in major cities and regional communities across Australia. The events and subsequent campaign activities will represent the largest mobilisation of working people since the

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The Union representing Optus workers has slammed a racist job advertisement and says an independent investigation and a transparent review of the telco’s hiring policies must follow immediately. CEPU Communications Division National Secretary Greg Rayner said, “That this racist job ad was published is an affront. Optus leadership should provide a full explanation and cooperate with an independent investigation. “Workers and

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NBN workers are optimistic new training facilities will go some way to addressing the Federal Government’s shambolic NBN scheme, but say the details of the training need to be thoroughly reviewed. Branch Secretary and National President, Shane Murphy, said the announcement today that NBN Co will open a number of simulated training facilities to help train 2000 external workers in

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Malcolm Turnbull’s NBN is a shambolic mess, not just for consumers struggling for a connection, but also for the workers forced to deal with the disaster, the Communications Union said today. CEPU Communications Division National President Shane Murphy said that a 4Corners program aired last night revealed how the Turnbull Government’s poor handling of the project has led to a

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Breaches of customer privacy involving overseas call centres are entirely predictable, according to the Communications Union. They were responding to reporting by Fairfax that corrupt insiders in overseas call centres are selling the personal and private data belonging to Australian Telstra, Optus and Vodafone customers. According to the reports, the information is sold to third parties who in turn on-sell

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The Union representing postal workers is seeking urgent clarification from Australia Post on what steps, if any, the company has taken to protect the safety of postal workers and the community while facilitating returns under the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and Note 7 Edge recall process. CEPU Communications Division National Secretary Greg Rayner said he feared the safety of postal workers

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Branch Secretary Jim Metcher and Communications Division National Secretary Greg Rayner today welcomed Australia Post’s return to profitability, saying it presented an opportunity to invest in the workforce for sustained success. “Getting the company back into the black following such substantial losses last year is welcome news,” said Mr Rayner. “This result is built on the back of hard work

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Communications Union National President Shane Murphy today welcomed the announcement of Telstra’s profit increase and capital buy back, but said the result demonstrated how dishonest Telstra’s justifications were for offshoring and contracting out local jobs. He said offshoring and the use of cheap, contracted labour for critical network and infrastructure maintenance tasks had led to mass outages and a significant drop

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The Union representing communication workers today welcomed Labor’s announcement that it would maximise the use of fibre to the home in the NBN network rollout. The Union lamented the lost opportunity to ‘do it once, do it right’, due to the Coalition’s stubborn refusal to invest in fibre to the home, but said Labor’s plan would get the project back on

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