How Can Joining the CEPU Help Me?

You and your workmates can get a fair deal at work by joining together and supporting your Union. To help you, CEPU Officials will

- Help you and your workmates organise your workplace to have a say on issues affecting you

- Provide professional training for your Union reps (AURs)

- Support your workplace AURs to resolve local issues

- Come to your workplace and assist members when you have an issue which your AURs can't resolve locally

- Coordinate campaigns on major issues

- Train and support your health and safety reps (HSRs) to make sure you are safe at work

- Negotiate and organise to secure your EBAs and Awards

- Advise you of your rights and entitlements

- Ensure your employer abides by agreements and Awards

- Take disagreements with your employer to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and other tribunals

- Help subcontractors get unpaid wages and entitlements

- Represent you in disciplinary and unfair work performance matters

- Represent you if you get sacked

- Regularly communicate with you through our weekly email bulletin, website and workplace circulars

- Assist you with workers compensation claims

- Represent telecommunication contractors in Enterprise Bargaining Agreements to protect industry conditions.

Why Does Your Membership Matter?

Your fellow workers want you in the Union because your employer is much more likely to listen to you if they know the majority of the workers are in the Union than if only 1/2 of you are members. Also, your Union fees help fund campaigns that members participate in to get a better deal at work.

If everyone doesn't join, we can't win the best outcomes for you and your workmates. Your membership really does make a difference.

What Do Unions Do For Me?

Unions are groups of workers who join together to protect their jobs and win fair wages and entitlements. Historically most of our conditions have been won by workers acting together as a Union - they haven't just been given to us by employers or governments.

Employers we cover have sought to reduce entitlements such as sick leave and redundancy rights in the last few years. Only strong Union membership has safeguarded what we have won in the past and will help us to get a better deal in the future.
In the past, we have won:

- Paid annual leave
- Paid sick leave and carers leave
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Access to reasonable overtime and shift penalties
- Rights for redeployment or paid redundancy
- Benefits like meal allowances and uniforms
- Health and Safety provisions
- Workers compensation entitlements
- Superannuation benefits
- Rights to consultation and representation
- Negotiating rights for subcontractors
- Negotiating for subcontractors pay increases, merit payments and income protection.

Join us and help get a fair go at work.
For more information additional benefits and discounts for CEPU members, click here.