It`s time to vote After more than 500 days of negotiations, it`s time to vote on the proposed new Teltra Enterprise Agreement. CEPU members will be well aware that negotiations on this new enterprise agreement have not been easy. With one of Australia`s biggest work cleanups in history as the backdrop to the negotiations, Telstra`s management is every step of the way on the heels. Thanks to the unity of the members gathered at the beginning of the year as part of a coordinated collective struggle campaign, as well as the tenacity of the Single Bargaining Unit (SBU), which represents the combined result of the multi-reading, the salary result is complex, but since the nominal run of the current EA (30/9/2018), there have been two pay increases. 1.5% effective from 10.10.2018 (not mentioned in the agreement) and 1.5% on 1/10/2019 (mentioned in the ACCORD). This week`s discussions with the Single Trade Union Bargaining Unit (SBU) and Telstra on the continuation of negotiations, Article 45 As in the last meetings, have dominated this fixation of Telstra`s new discussions – the company reiterating that it will not reach an agreement in any way in the absence of a paragraph 45. As you will recall, we reported last week a positive measure that would maintain the severance pay of members in the event of a transfer to a subsidiary. It seemed that the intentions of both parties regarding this vote last week, however, before More More Finally, the two parties finally got an agreement in December 2019, after the unions agreed to take a pay increase of 1.8 percent for the first year and a two percent catch up in the second year, while some employees of the employment family get a guaranteed minimum of one percent. Section 45 has also been amended to maintain the same benefits when workers are transferred to a Teltra subsidiary. This delay is due to the fair work commission`s finding that the proposed contract may not be consistent with the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT) under the Fair Work Act.

These include the fact that the minimum wage rates set in the agreement were too low in relation to the Telstra price. Negotiations continued this week as the Single Trade Union Bargaining Unit (SBU) and Telstra progressed towards a new agreement. Article 45 of Article 45 remains a central priority in the negotiations, but given the progress made, it could soon be overshadowed. The SBU has proposed further improvements to Article 45 to strengthen and preserve the rights of workers who can now be transferred to a subsidiary. As you will recall, we recently indicated that the scale of reductions for staff transfers would be maintained with the actual rate of pay at the time. Moreover, you add to the agreement the possibility of voluntary redundancies at an earlier stage, the right for casual workers to apply for a permanent role after 12 months, the rules of service leave on the basis of a voluntary process and the same parental leave (16 weeks of parental leave and up to 12 months of unpaid leave for both parents).