What are the Enterprise Agreement (EA) negotiations?
Australia-wide, many Telstra staff members are employed under the Telstra Enterprise Agreement (EA). The current EA is due for expiry in September. When it reaches the expiry date, you do not lose your conditions. Further, after union took up your concerns to the Government, the current agreement unions negotiated to protect your redundancy entitlements now remains in place. Both your EA conditions and your redundancy rights stay the same until a new agreement is in place. We know Telstra staff would like a payrise, certainty about their conditions, and for many of their conditions to be improved. This is why unions are keen to get back to the bargaining table to negotiate improvements to the EA.
