Telstra's board meeting in Las Vegas has been labelled a "junket" by the union representing its workers.
The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) has heavily criticised the Telstra executives' trip to Nevada, especially after CEO Sol Trujillo has told US investors the potential loss in revenue from its failed National Broadband Network (NBN) would be between $1 billion and $2 billion.
The 10 board members began arriving in Vegas on Thursday and are staying at the plush Bellagio Hotel, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.
The CEPU says the board has held a meeting there and has also attended a consumer electronics show to examine new gadgets on the market.
CEPU's Victorian Branch Assistant Secretary John Ellery says the visit was "ironic" at a time when the company was facing significant challenges, including an ongoing industrial dispute.
"While the board and Mr Trujillo are hobnobbing in Vegas at shareholder's expense, Telstra's share price shows no improvement," Mr Ellery said in a statement.
Union members are in the midst of what the union describes as an "increasingly bitter" enterprise bargaining dispute aiming to secure entitlements for the next few years.
Instead of having a `junket' in Vegas, Mr Trujillo and the board needed to be concentrating on the tasks at hand - resolving the industrial dispute and sorting out its NBN bid, the CEPU said.
