PNG Communication Workers Union

The respondent failed to establish or show that there was a glaring error or mistake to warrant a revisit by the Supreme Court.

The Workers Union welcomed the decision and is in the process of having a roundtable negotiation with the telco company.

President of the PNG Communication Workers Union, Nug Mamtirin said that the defendants must immediately meet with their lawyers to resolve the matter; "we are now going back to bring the matter before the National Court to determine the final decision to give notice to Telikom to settle the matter.”

The mass termination is alleged to be against the terms and conditions of the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2010, signed between the PNGCWU, Telikom management and the Department of Labour and Industrial Relations.

In a statement issued by the PNGCWU, the union body welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of December 19^th, 2019, by a three-man bench of Justice George Manuhu, Collin Makail and Hitelei Polume-Kiele.

Following a meeting on Thursday, the PNGCWU and Telikom staff presented the resolutions to a representative of the Minster for Public Enterprise & State Investment, William Duma.

The resolutions presented are as follows:

The Union with its members, staff and management of Telikom PNG Ltd, demand: