Communication Workers Union

You must make sure the ballot is returned by 12 Noon, on Friday 11^th of June 2010.

If you need a replacement ballot paper let us know - contact the Branch office – T&S - 9349 4411 or P&T 9600 9100

If you haven’t received ballot information and you believe you should have, please contact the office - T&S - 9349 4411 or P&T 9600 9100

If the collective membership view is a “YES” to Telstra’s offer we will enter into an agreement with Telstra.

If the collective membership view is a “NO” then we will need to fight on to try for a better EBA.

MAKE SURE YOU VOTE.

OT & RECALL/START (SOD) & END OF DAY (EOD)
Overtime bans and recall bans continue to apply on a daily basis and includes weekends and public holidays - further notices regarding these bans and stoppages for the upcoming days have been forwarded to Telstra. These bans are legal, protected action.

As a further reminder, the ban relating to unpaid overtime continues to apply to the unpaid "log on" prior to normal start time as well as work functions outside normal paid hours.

For example members that would normally log on at 7.30 am with an "on site" start time of 8.00 am, should commence log on to start work at 8.00 am then travel to first job.

Other members in areas such as call centres, where Telstra try to force them into a ready situation prior to their start time should also apply this action. They also should be logging on at their actual start time.

END OF DAY (EOD)
No function other than actually driving home (to a maximum of 30 minutes ) past the normal paid knock-off time should be performed at the end of day. Members who would normally clear work during normal hours should continue to do so, However members should not perform any other out of hours function including the "submit" function for last ticket of work.

End of day functions that are covered by the ban on paid & unpaid O/T include: dropping off or picking up stores at depot, filling out paper work, any computer related functions including shutting it off , phone log off, etc.

Members should simply upon returning home, park the vehicle, turn it and their phone off. There is no need to notify anybody as the GPS will already know that the vehicle has been parked at its normal location.

Members simply apply the overtime ban from the time they finish driving until they log on again at their start time.

If managers try to harass you with phone calls overt the SOD and EOD, either on your home phone or mobile let us know and we will take them on in Fair Work Australia over an adverse action against employees exercising their work place rights.

The overtime and recall bans are having a significant effect also, driving down productivity halting or stalling, major transformation and other projects.

OTHER ACTION
The paid & unpaid OT should also be applied to performing other functions outside the normal hours of duty such as, washing and cleaning vehicles, training, etc.

Any problems with these bans should be notified to the branch office, please contact either John Ellery 0419 823 580 or Len Cooper 0438 389 302.

ADELAIDE MASS MEETING AND PROTEST
Our South Australian (CEPU) members had a protest meeting about the wages discrimination against EBA employees on Friday 28^th May 2010.

This follows similar meetings and protests by CEPU members in Brisbane, Perth and Victoria recently.

The Adelaide members held a mass meeting outside Telstra House in the CBD and then marched through the city to the main Telstra T Life Shop for a protest meeting.

The message from CEPU members is clear: sooner or later Telstra’s discrimination against its EBA workers on union negotiated agreements will have to stop.