21-02-21 - TELSTRA PURPLE CLARIFICATIONS

We sought and had a meeting with Telstra this week to ask a number of questions. There has been significant confusion because of the mixed messages from Telstra. Here is a summary of our understanding of the position.

1. There are 2 "Purples".
2. There is Telstra Purple Pty Ltd - a subsidiary of Telstra Pty Ltd.
3. There is a business unit within Telstra itself called "Purple" (Purple People).
4. Telstra Purple Pty Ltd has been largely (90-95% of the staff) created by two acquisitions.
5. The acquisitions were Readify Pty Ltd and Kloud Pty Ltd -IT consulting -work.
6. The staff of Telstra Purple Pty Ltd are software developers and engineers.
7. Their average tenure is 3 years.
8. Their salary is set by employment contracts, not the new EBA.
9. No staff from Telstra were moved to Telstra Purple Pty Ltd.
10. No staff from Telstra are expected to be transferred to Telstra Purple Pty Ltd
11. Telstra staff in the Purple business units will largely transfer to ServeCo later this year.
12. We assume some may Transfer to InfraCo later this year

21-02-21 - TELSTRA PURPLE SUMMARY

Telstra employees will not transfer to Telstra Purple Pty Ltd. Therefore you will be part of the major move expected at the end of this year when most staff are transferred to InfraCo or ServeCo. We are doing a series of items on the transfer issues.

14-02-21 - TELSTRA PURPLE - A SIGNPOST FOR INFRACO AND SERVECO?
An extract from Telstra chat line: (Darren Fewster)

Purple people are not covered by the Telstra Award or EA. Telstra Purple is a relatively new company that is largely made up of professionals in IT/software/data/cloud from different companies. Different Awards apply to them. And legislation like the State long service schemes applies to them (and always has) because the Telstra provisions in the Government Long Service Leave Act cannot apply - that's just the law. If some terms are different for Purple, so what?? They also have additional benefits relating to their industry and jobs (like tools/equipment for their specialist work).
The Purple terms are different - a 38 hour week, 12 week's redundancy, 10 days sick leave etc. Our national union did not campaign for a better EBA.
We need to campaign in ServeCo and InfraCo for Telstra conditions.

18-01-21 TELSTRA PURPLE - WHY IS IT IMPORTANT

Purple is an indication of what may happen to all staff in Telstra as Telstra sets up InfraCo and other subsidiaries this year.

18-01-21 HOW TO PROTECT YOUR BENEFITS

There is only one way - solidarity.
Talk to your colleagues. Understand the issues. Why would a new EBA threaten your benefits?
Stay informed with our bulletins and build a local information network.
And join our Union

18-01-21 TELSTRA PURPLE - WHAT IS IT

Telstra Purple has two identities - it is a Business Unit within Telstra and secondly a subsidiary of Telstra. We are not sure where it stands at present.

According to the Telstra Purple web page:

Telstra Purple is the largest Australian owned technology services business, bringing together Telstra Enterprise's business technology services capabilities and a number of its recently acquired companies, focused on outcome-based, transformative tech solutions.

We have more information on our web page:

See Telstra Purple Background.

The EBA (yet to be certified) can also be found at that page.

18-01-21 TELSTRA PURPLE - WHAT IS HAPPENING

Purple is a subsidiary of Telstra. It is doing its first EBA.

Our members in Purple will have concerns seeing a basic EBA with absolute minimum standards. The significant ones include: