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Telco unions, Telstra brawl over redundancy benefits
Shifting workers to InfraCo is causing friction.
Jul 8 2019 12:31AM
Telstra accelerates 6000 job cuts, junks $500m in legacy IT
Staff shedding brought forward into FY19.
May 29 2019 11:24AM
$400m sham contracting class action rocks NBN supplier, telco sector
Biggest employment class action ever in Australia.
Nov 23 2018 12:03PM
The NBN stop-work demand that wasn't
Analysis: Something even the Ministers can agree on.
Jun 6 2013 6:25AM
Unions welcome Telstra’s NBN deal
Good news for telco workers.
Jun 21 2010 2:50PM
Telstra mulls 900 operations job cuts
Less work to maintain networks.
Apr 28 2010 8:33AM
Telstra workers to strike again
Unknown number of workers to walk.
Dec 1 2009 4:09PM
Telstra strike cancelled
Strike called off as two out of three requests met.
Nov 6 2009 10:56AM
Telstra mends relationship with unions
Positive step to an enterprise agreement.
Jul 2 2009 12:10AM
Union plans to continue Telstra sabotage
Telstra workers will continue to strike this week in a targeted effort to delay work scheduled by the carrier's largest corporate and Government customers.
Jun 9 2009 3:18PM
Thodey promises Telstra staff "fair" pay negotiations
Newly crowned Telstra CEO David Thodey has written to Telstra staff to reassure them they will receive “fair” treatment when negotiating enterprise agreements once the Federal Government’s workplace reforms are introduced in July.
May 26 2009 9:30AM
Telstra culled linesmen in flood-affected NSW
Telstra is sending 130 network engineers to a flood-ravaged area in which the telco culled nine linesmen just two months ago, according to the CEPU.
May 22 2009 3:43PM
Union starts lobbying Telstra chief
The national president of the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) has wasted no time setting out a wishlist for incoming Telstra chief David Thodey to address.
May 8 2009 2:52PM
Telstra cuts may force techies from IT: CEPU
The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) has questioned Telstra’s logic in thinning the ranks of its regional field technicians, offering to help the incumbent find “temporary redeployment options” for them instead.
Apr 14 2009 3:18PM
Unionised Telstra workers to strike this weekend
The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union have confirmed speculation by announcing a ban on ‘overtime, recalls and call backs’ for unionised Telstra workers this weekend.
Jan 7 2009 3:22PM
Betrayal at Telstra: CEPU starts recruiting for Terria
According to an internal memo leaked to iTnews, the CEPU – the union representing many Telstra staff – will start recruiting staff for the Optus-led Terria consortium, and publicly declared its support for Terria in a statement.
Nov 14 2008 12:09AM
