13/05/2008 -
Commander EBA Talks
The CEPU Communications Divisional Office has had
contact with Commander Management regarding the next round
of pay offers.
Commander reported a net loss of $244.8 million in the half year to
December 2007, reflecting asset write downs of $193 million.
It has shed about a quarter of its staff this year and has sold off
several of its business units as part of its efforts to trade out of its
present situation.
It’s in this environment that the CEPU has been involved in talks with
the company.
As reported previously, Commander is seeking to renegotiate the
Metropolitan Agreement when it expires in September this year. In the
interim Commander are seeking to have the pay arrangements changed for
technical employees from fortnightly to bimonthly to suit their pay
system.
Employees will be paid on the 15th and 30th of
each month.
In return Commander are prepared to offer a 3% pay increase to all the
Commander Techs on their payroll backdated to April on a without
prejudice basis.
It should be noted that this pay increase is independent of negotiated
EBA wage increases with the next pay increase not due until the new
agreement was negotiated.
This is a good outcome for CEPU members who are working tirelessly to
assist in seeing the company through these tough times.
Negotiations for this agreement will commence later this year.
Call
the CEPU on (02) 9893 7822
Authorised by Jim Metcher, State Secretary
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CEPU NSW Postal & Telecommunications Branch 2008
