Telstra Campaign
Well I would say to Telstra and I would say that anybody else, that number one, at the last elections, Australians voted against Workchoices and I don’t think it’s in anybody’s interests, whether it be Telstra or anybody else, to be continuously associated with Workchoices. I don’t think in Telstra’s interests to be seen to be the company that is still to implement Workchoices.
When out new industrial relations model is in full operation, it will be a fair and balanced system and it will certainly say to Telstra and to other companies than if the majority of employees want to try collectively bargain then their employer has to join them at the bargaining table and have a go at it in good faith and if someone wants to be represented by their union then that’s their right.
Telstra needs to think about the long term shape of its industrial relations. I don’t think it’s in its interests to be trying to squeeze the last bit of bitter lemon out of Workchoices. There are no new AWA’s. So if someone was joining Telstra today, they could not be on an Australian Workplace Agreement.
In a nutshell, my message to Telstra and my message is to everyone is we expect to see fair and balanced industrial relations in this country. Workchoices is going. Its not going to be part of this nation’s future. It’s not a long term industrial relations strategy. Its extremism and Australian people rejected it. The only people who still believe in WorkChoices are those who populate the Liberal party in Parliament.
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