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Late last month, Post’s Electric Delivery Vehicles (EDVs) were withdrawn from service, following a serious safety incident involving defective front axles. Thankfully, our members from Ingleburn DC who were operating the defective vehicles at at the time, were not injured. Since the withdrawal, we have consulted extensively with Post through the Executive Safety Council – a decision making body made

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***Update 11:02am***Air quality in Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst and Muswellbrook in NSW and Florey in the ACT are at dangerous levels. Members working in these areas should request indoor duties or go home. Air quality levels have improved in Oakdale, NSW since this morning’s update. Those in Oakdale, along with Coffs Harbour, Lismore and Albury in NSW and Canberra in the

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Updated 8:28am Air quality across the entire state appears to be improving. As NSW Environment and ACT Health report small pm2.5 articles at rolling 24-hour averages – this remains at dangerous levels. However, visibility levels are averaged hourly and have dramatically improved which will have an immediate impact on real-time pm2.5 values. The forecast at the moment is for “fair”

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Many parts of NSW and the ACT remain subjected to extreme heat conditions and covered by a blanket of toxic smoke this afternoon. The Air Quality Index, or AQI, used by governments to communicate with the public on how polluted the air is, or forecast to become. Today has seen the worst ever recorded AQI measurements across Sydney and many of

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Following over 500 days of bargaining, Telstra workers across the country have voted to support their new EBA. The Agreement will now be lodged with the Fair Work Commission, by Telstra – a process we hope will not be overly delayed, given the time of year. The Agreement will come into force seven days after being approved by the Fair

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The last 12-18 months has seen a significant increase in the quantity and size of packets and parcels streamed to Delivery Facilities for sorting, scanning and delivery by Postal Delivery Officers (PDOs). Australia Post’s aggressive pursuit of parcel delivery market-share is supported by your Union as it continues to offset the decline in traditional small letter volumes. As such, we

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It’s time to vote Following over 500 days of bargaining, it is time for you to vote on the new proposed Telstra enterprise agreement. CEPU members will be well aware that negotiations for this new enterprise agreement have not been easy.  With one of Australia’s largest job purges in corprorate history as the backdrop to negotiations, Telstra management have dug

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The NSW/ACT Branch Office of the CEPU has been notified by a diligent member from Nepean Van Services of a potential risk involving exposure to diesel exhaust in the Eastern Creek Parcel Delivery Centre (PDC). Members would be aware that the Eastern Creek PDC is the latest Australia Post facility to come on line with a Parcel Sorting Machine and

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Legal review Following our last bulletin, we instructed our legal team to conduct a review of Telstra’s final draft Agreement. The review, undertaken by lawyers instructed by the Union, has confirmed that the intent of outcomes negotiated by the CEPU and the SBU are indeed accurately reflected in the draft document and are legally enforceable. It must be noted that

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Telstra workers are urging shareholders to vote down the telco’s remuneration report at Telstra’s AGM on Tuesday – a move which, if successful, could see the Telstra board receive a second “strike” and result in a motion to spill the board. The union representing Telstra workers has received a significant number of proxies from Telstra workers and supporters which it

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