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The
EA negotiations Telstra Human Resources (HR)
cancelled last month were an HR charade.
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As
early as Feb 08, HR was planning non-union,
non-negotiated agreements.
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Non-union, non-negotiated agreements to be rolled
out Telstra-wide over the next year.
What does their leaked strategy mean for you?
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Real
pay cuts planned as HR dip into your pockets to fund
transformation.
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Payrises they have planned for your base rates over the
next three years do not meet inflation.
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Your
unions can't bargain for you with Telstra over this
agreement - and you don't get to bargain either.
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The
leaked slides reveal Telstra HR will hold staff to
ransom, punishing No-voters with a pay freeze.
Definitions
The
current Enterprise Agreement
is a union negotiated collective agreement. With a union
collective agreement, HR is obligated negotiate with unions
who represent staff. HR cancelled these talks.
An
"Employee agreement,"
is a non-negotiated, non-union "collective" agreement. HR
negotiates with no-one: not you, not your unions. The slides
show HR will roll these out to many business units within
Telstra.
Click here
to see the leaked slides for yourself. They show:
As early as Feb 2008
Telstra HR were planning non-negotiated agreements. Since
then, all EA negotiation has been elaborately stage-managed
by HR.
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More of
your pay will be on an incentive basis. But the slides
reveal managers will have a limited "bucket" or budget,
and most workers it appears will average just $77 in
performance pay increases per year - just $1.50 a week
before tax.
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Telstra
HR has used a strategy model provided by US consultancy
Bain to plan big cost savings on remuneration.
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Moving
just Telstra Operations staff alone off their
union-negotiated agreement will save HR up to $37
million over three years.
What is happening right now?
The leaked slides show the
company will slice agreements by business units, each
profiled in detail to make sure the agreement gets up.
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The
first proposed non-union, non-negotiated agreement is in
Wholesale.
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Kate
McKenzie, Head of Wholesale, sent out an email notifying
her staff that no new employment strategy was finalized
yet and they were looking to "consult staff" about their
needs and concerns.
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The
consultation is a sham, and is part of Telstra HR's
internal communications strategy. The slides show the
agreement has already been written.
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The
slides say Wholesale will vote on their agreement early
September. Other business units will follow.
Background: Telstra HR's reasons for calling off EA
negotiations were a sham
Many people were confused
about Telstra HR calling off EA negotiations. The reasons
they gave were incorrect, confused and changed regularly.
Unions at all times reiterated that we wanted to bargain,
with no preconditions. And we wanted all staff to vote on
our idea for a new constructive relationship with Telstra.
When the Dept of Workplace Relations found a revised version
of our constructive relationship MoU perfectly legal, it
became clear Telstra HR was full of excuses. Not only did
they not want a better relationship with unions, the slides
reveal they had a hidden agenda for calling off EA talks.
