25
Feb

Telstra protected action: you said YES

CEPU members have overwhelmingly voted ‘yes’ in a protected action ballot – a move which now allows them to take industrial action if Telstra continues to refuse to provide its workers with a fair enterprise agreement. Of eligible members who voted in the ballot, which was run by the Australian Electoral Commission, 88% said they are prepared to engage in

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15
Feb

Our once-iconic telco is being run into the ground – and you’re paying for it

Andy and his mob of executives are running our once-iconic national telco into the ground. And with the way things are going – they would have you believe it was you that fell asleep on the job. Was it you that farmed out Telstra’s customer solutions work to India and the Philippines? Was it you that sacked thousands upon thousands

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1
Feb

Telstra is putting 8000 skilled workers on the dole queue whilst looking to India to fill their shoes

Andy Penn-ypincher and his mob of wage thieving executives should look to the 8000 people he is forcing out of a job if he’s struggling to find people to work at Telstra. At a speech at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia’s launch on Wednesday, the Telstra CEO claimed that he is being forced to look overseas for talent.

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29
Jan

Contact the AEC today if you haven’t yet received your ballot material

The majority of members across the country should by now have received their ballot material to vote yes in the Telstra protected action ballot. If you have not yet received your ballot material, you should contact the Australian Electoral Commission urgently to request replacement material. To do so, contact either Michelle Knight or Ashleigh Ratcliffe on (03) 9285 7171. Remember,

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23
Jan

Ballot papers are starting to arrive

Your opportunity to tell Telstra; “you deserve better” is almost here, with ballot papers starting to arrive at members’ homes. Remember, the process is being conducted by the AEC and ballot papers are being posted centrally from Melbourne. Depending on where you live, it could take a few days to arrive. Once you receive your ballot papers, completing and returning your vote

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21
Jan

Telstra Protected Industrial Action Ballot

Member teleconferences scheduled for this week Your opportunity to tell Telstra you deserve better is almost here, with ballot papers to vote yes to protected industrial action arriving at your mailing address in the coming days. With the cost of living rising to levels of up to 2.1% across 2018, Telstra’s 1.5% pay offer puts you behind. Telstra’s unfair wage offer

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14
Dec

Protected industrial action – members at Telstra to have their say

CEPU members will be shortly given the opportunity to vote to engage in protected industrial action at Telstra. Only a short time ago, employees forced Telstra back to the bargaining table after resoundingly rejecting their penny-pinching offer of a pay cut in real terms. And we have continued to bargain with Telstra in good faith – advancing your claims for

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6
Dec

Telstra EA Update: something’s gotta give

Bargaining has continued with Telstra refusing to improve their offer of a measly 1.5% wage rise for Workstream and an equivalent pay pool for Job Family – a pay cut in real terms for both workgroups. In order to break the merry-go-round impasse bargaining had become, the combined Unions Single Bargaining Unit (SBU) put our own offer to Telstra in

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15
Oct

Rally outside the Telstra AGM, tomorrow

Tomorrow, Telstra CEO Andy Penn and his executive team will stand in front of their Annual General Meeting (AGM) and attempt to argue why their pay is worth 200 times that of the average Telstra worker. The cost of living is soaring and while they’re taking home millions – they want their workforce to swallow a pay cut in real

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22
Aug

A message from Andy Penn-ypincher

Earlier today, CEPU members employed at Telstra received an email from Telstra CEO Andy Penn. Some of it may be difficult to comprehend, particularly after 81% of you less than two weeks ago told them their penny-pinching pay offer was unacceptable. So we’ve called in our old mate Andy Penn-ypincher to translate it for you. Please see below. In the

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