print :

2014-07-14

GPS productivity enhancer or disciplinary tool

CWU meets with Telstra on scheduling and dispatch redundancies

National CWU representatives met with Telstra on Tuesday 1 July over proposed scheduling and dispatch redundancies.

The previous day, Telstra had notified the CWU that the implementation of its automated dispatch system would make 136 internal jobs redundant. A further 46 jobs currently filled by agency staff will also go.

The company plans a major centralisation of the scheduling and dispatch functions, with the number of sites from which workflow is managed being reduced from 25 down to 5.

Victoria, NSW and Queensland will be the states hardest hit by the site closures.

Telstra has told the CWU that as a result of the proposed changes there would be 90 roles within scheduling and dispatch that “a number” of affected Telstra employees would be able to be redeployed into.

Looked at this way, the net number of Telstra jobs lost is 46.

But more than 46 Telstra employees will probably face redundancy. It is never easy to redeploy staff where it involves relocation as this exercise in centralisation will do.

During the trial of this system, Telstra told the CWU that it was one of the few companies in the world that had a system that could provide fully automated scheduling and dispatch but didn’t use it.

The CWU told Telstra there was a reason for that. Automation of dispatch has not worked in the past because of the loss of local knowledge and real-time problem solving ability that occurs when such systems are introduced.

The centralisation that Telstra is now proposing will make matters even worse.

State branch officials have also been briefed by Telstra on these redundancies. Affected members should contact their branch for further information.

What's New

Telecommunication

Telstra EBA 2018
ACTU turns 90
May Day 2016
Optus EPA approved
Telstra EA Update
Optus award update

Postal

Reps training
Reasonable overtime
Vale Jojie Vivar
Changes to Bulletin
Christmas pay rises
Postal reform
Facebook bullying
Year in review
Vale Jim Armstrong

News

Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Vale Shane Morse
Meeting reminder
Coronavirus Update
METRO RALLY
Reps training
ACTU turns 90
Vale Jojie Vivar
May Day 2016
Facebook bullying
May Day 2015
Working In Heat
Your Union Petition
Save our Posties
Sensis Sell Off
""