Telecommunications

Today’s edition of The Australian contains a piece that will make you double take so hard you’ll hear your neck click. The article is titled: “Telstra attacks human rights record”. It quotes from a Telstra submission to a national human rights inquiry. Its comments were so strident that even the Chair of the Panel, Father Brennan was quoted as saying:

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As part of the ongoing campaign for a fair, transparent Union EBA, Telstra workers held a series of community events and protests on Monday 9 February. Industrial action occurred and was well adhered to by the membership across Australia, with the exception of Victoria, where Union members elected to defer their planned stoppages due to the worsening bushfire tragedy. CEPU

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Telstra customers are advised that services are likely to be potentially disrupted from the weekend onwards as Telstra workers take part in five days of rolling stoppages, the Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) announced today. Protests will be held in Sydney and Melbourne on Monday, marking a further escalation of industrial action against Telstra over its refusal to negotiate

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Some Managers are describing their current position as being  “Under Siege”. The financial community is belting Telstra’s senior management due to their self destruction in relation to their  N.B.N.  bid.   Without doubt, Telstra has given their competitors a massive free kick. The Telstra workforce is supporting widespread industrial disruption in many areas within the company right across Australia which could

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Telstra HR have been forced to admit that some local managers have given incorrect information to staff about redundancy rights in the latest agreement proposals.   As you know, Team leaders are not industrial relations experts, so it’s not surprising they make mistakes. They are also under huge pressure from above to get ECA votes through before workplace laws change. 

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Telstra employees will be infuriated by today’s revelations that Telstra Directors are indulging in an extravagant, all-expenses paid weekend in Las Vegas, while at the same time refusing to negotiate a fair collective wage agreement for its workforce, according to their Union, the CEPU. The CEPU, has publicly condemned the perk-fest as a smack in the face to workers struggling

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The CEPU will go to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission today to seek approval for a ballot of members to commence urgent industrial action across the country. CEPU National President Ed Husic said the union action follows Telstra’s failure to negotiate a collective agreement with its employees. “While Telstra’s Chief Executive Sol Trujillo makes a massive $13.4 million in pay

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Following intervention from the CEPU on behalf of subcontractors over the issuing of fines to subcontractors from BSA, the majority of BSA subcontractors have had there fines removed. BSA have attempted to make an example out of a very limited amount of subcontractors and continue to apply the fines to them. The CEPU is seeking the appropriate advice to represent these subcontractors further

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Optus has written to the CEPU notifying the Union that it is undertaking a review of the organisational structure of its Networks business unit. The company says the review will examine the unit’s engineering, operations and support functions with a view to ensuring that it can best function to support the company’s core objectives. It is interesting to note that

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Telstra HR have advised the CEPU that as from 21 October 2008, Telstra will retain a copy of all emails sent and received via the Telstra internal email system. Most employees are aware that their emails can be scrutinised now and should not be reassured by Telstra’s Workplace Surveillance policy. The emails will be stored for 7 years and can

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