Telstra Risks Roasting Workers

CEPU President Laurie Chalker hot under the collar and up in
arms about Telstra placing their members at risk of being electrocuted.

Chalker said that electrical cables had been installed inside Telstras exclusive communication pipes.

If one of our the telstra or other construction workers was to cut this cable thinking it was communication wires, they would be electrocuted Calker said.

Jeff Forbes CEPU Sub Branch Secretary on the North Coast has fighting to have this and other safety issues addressed raised with Telstra to no avail.

The CEPU has also raised the seriousness of issue with Telstra and have been ignored.

The CEPU has called on Labor Councils' Safety Watchdog Mary Yaager to intervene.

Yaags has called on WorkCover who given assurances the issue will be rectified.

Yaags says she cannot believe the attitude of Telstra on a matter as serious as the lives of the workers.

Good one Telstra.

For further information

Contact	:	Mary Yaager
Phone	:	02 9264 1691
Email	:	m.yaager@labor.org.au
WWW	:	http://ohs.labor.net.au/

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