Their reaction is to try and isolate individual groups of staff to get them to agree on something. Staff, on the other hand, are saying that a union deal is always the best deal. Alarming reports are filtering in to your union that some staff have been offered free movie passes to work on New Years Eve. Given the huge Y2K question mark hanging over the organisation, and the fact that very attractive millennium pay deals are being made with staff in most other service industries, the offer of movie tickets is laughable. World's Best Practise cuts both ways You would be aware that Telstra has announced that it is about to embark on yet another round of cost and staffing reductions to bring the company in line with the rest of the world.
All special payments are in addition to standard pay rates and penalty payments.
We are also asking for Telstra to take responsibility for safe transport to and from work over this period.