SLD 10/189 - THE EBA IN TELSTRA - WHERE ARE WE AT?
Telstra will be proceeding to a ballot of all eligible employees (those employed on the EBA, on expired AWAs, and those employed on ITEAs which have all expired) in early September. The employer has a right, in law, to conduct such a ballot to test their employees’ view relating to a draft EBA. The CEPU has facilitated this ballot taking place by accepting Telstra's view that the union would not conduct a "vote no" campaign against the draft EBA.
On the basis of the CEPU's commitment not to conduct a “vote no” campaign, Telstra has accepted that:
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SLD 10/186 -Statement Regarding The Telstra Decision To Procedd To Ballot - EBA
The CEPU recognises Telstra's right in law, to proceed to a ballot of all eligible Telstra employees in regard to a draft EBA. The CEPU also recognises that the draft contains many clauses which arise from the negotiations between the parties. However as Telstra is well aware, the CEPU and Telstra remain divided over the pay offer in the draft document. The CEPU believes that it is unacceptable that employees on a union-negotiated agreement will be paid less than employees on a non union collective agreement who are of the same banding doing the same or similar work for the company. This will be the case if the agreement is adopted, and it is a position that could last indefinitely.
However, CEPU accepts that the views of eligible Telstra employees, including CEPU members, in relation to the draft EBA should be tested, after such a long dispute. We understand that:
BEWARE OF TELSTRA’S COMMON LAW CONTRACTS
It appears that Telstra Management is pushing some of its employees to sign common law contracts which purport to govern employment conditions and wages.
Telstra is choosing the common law contract option because it no longer has access to new AWAs (Australian Workplace Agreements) or ITEAs (Individual Transitional Employment Agreements), because the Federal Government’s Fair Work Act has stopped any new AWAs or ITEAs. The only individual contract option available to employers now is a common law contract. In addition, they are still attempting to avoid putting employees on the EBA.
What are some of the problems with common law contracts?
SLD10/35 - YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT US DAVID!
This is the leaflet that the CEPU distributed at the Telstra CEO's meeting with some employees held at the Sofitel
YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT US DAVID!
MR THODEY. We guess you’ve got about the most difficult corporate gig in Australia. You have the sharks coming at you from all directions no doubt.
Customer service issues, governance issues, shareholder issues, the NBN rollout and all of its hazards, fierce competition in many segments of the market, quickly changing technology impact and the disastrous Trujillo legacy, etc.
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