NSW: Telstra workers plan industrial action

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-2009
NSW: Telstra workers plan industrial action

SYDNEY, Feb 8 AAP - Telstra workers are staging a 24-hour stoppage on Monday, warning
customers in NSW the action could mean service disruptions.

Workers will stage a protest outside the Sydney office of Telstra chief executive officer
Sol Trujillo at 11.30am (AEDT), over what the union says is the company's refusal to negotiate
a collective agreement.

But Telstra rejected the claim, with a company spokesman saying employees had been
offered a fair pay deal under which the conditions of the collective agreement were protected.

He said the …