Telstra today announced that they will be cutting up to 2800 jobs, which is nine percent of their workforce.

National Assistant Secretary of the Communications Workers Union James Perkins joined 3AW Drive this afternoon to talk about the impact of Telstra’s job cuts.

“An absolutely appalling way to do business.” Perkins said on 3AW. 

Click play to listen to the full chat with James Perkins on 3AW

“Where was the consultation a month or a year ago when Telstra were anticipating that they were going to have these issues.”

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