Take Action Against Telstra Offshoring Jobs

Telstra is eliminating 255 highly sensitive, high end, high skilled jobs from the heart of Melbourne. 

These jobs involve government and commercial security, obviously less im-portant to Telstra than the cost of the labour. 

Telstra workers are being instructed to train the workforce from India, who will replace them. This is not the fault of Indian workers. This is a clear, rac-ist attempt by Telstra to exploit cheaper labour and at the expense of work-ers here as well as future generations of Australian workers. 

For 30 years we've been told not to worry about offshoring our jobs be-cause we will become the "Knowledge Nation," the "Clever Country." We've been told that casualisation is "flexibility" and "freedom of choice." We've been told that sham contracting is "the opportunity to run your own busi-ness," but when you actually do it you find out its just a way for corporations not to have to pay wages, super and other rights Australian workers have fought for. 

Our work has become a lie! We've had Enough! 

Rally Cnr Swanson St & Burke St at the Telstra shop 

Click below to download the Rally flyer.