Westpac has announced it will shed up to 126 jobs from its Australian operations, with the Financial Services Union  (FSU) claiming the bank plans to offshore the 119 technology roles and 7 collection roles.

 

The FSU has upped its campaign against job cuts, calling on the bank to ‘respect the rights of employees’.

 

“In the coming days FSU will be holding paid time workplace meetings with affected employees to discuss the impact of the latest proposals and develop responses including alternatives to put to the bank. Keep an eye on meeting notices for details,” the FSU announced in a statement.

 

The union has demanded that no Westpac employee should face forced redundancy and that no jobs should be offshored when current employees have the required skillset.

 

The FSU has also called on the State and Federal governments to demand Westpac to abandon their redundancy plans.