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The announcement by Telstra Chief Executive Sol Trujillo of his resignation as the head of the Telco Company in June has been welcomed by the CEPU, whose members have been outraged by the enormous arrogance their employer has treated regulators, customers, staff and the federal government.



Divisional President Len Cooper said that Mr Trujillo's time in the top role at Telstra has been an unmitigated disaster for the company.



"Mr Trujillo will return to the USA leaving an industrial mess behind at Telstra, with workers vowing to fight on until their industrial rights are recognised and fairness and decency are once again restored in Telstra employment relations" said Mr Cooper. "The chaos in industrial relations has been a hallmark of the Trujillo leadership which has been caused entirely by Telstra management's stubborn refusal to recognise their employees' rights to union representation and collective bargaining, rejecting fairness and decency in the industrial practices. The commencement of Mr Trujillo in the Telstra multi million dollar top job was accompanied by huge drop in the Telstra share price from which the Telco share price has never since recovered.”



Mr Cooper said that the leadership of Mr Trujillo was an unmitigated disaster which oversaw the company's complete arrogant management style and culminating in the disastrous bid for the national broadband rollout, later rejected by the federal government on the grounds of non compliance. "With Mr Trujillo announcing his resignation today, workers can again hope that some decency and fairness will be restored to the iconic Australian Company," said Mr Cooper.