Problems with Telstra's new Siebel-based billing system have led to call centres being choked by long delays and errors, according to one of the telco's unions.
Telstra could be facing industrial action after one of the unions that represents the telco's workers late last night said attempts to negotiate a new collective agreement had failed.
Union leaders today said they feared more job cuts were to come after Telstra said it was axing 800 positions.
Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their weight around.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and individual unions will go to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission today to oppose a Telstra plan to shift workers onto contracts.
Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
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The Australian Computer Society is mulling over a report on IT migration, refusing to be pressured into prematurely announcing its results. This, says Fran Foo, is a good move.
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