General

The 2017 Annual General Meeting of the CEPU NSW Postal & Telecommunications Branch will take place as follows: Date: Tuesday 18 July 2017 Time: 6pm Venue: CEPU NSW Postal & Telecommunications Branch office – Level 3, 81 George Street Parramatta NSW. Order of business: Reading & confirmation of minutes Correspondence read and dealt with Appointment of Returning Officer and Auditor Presentation of the Secretary’s

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Over the past two days your Union has participated in rigorous EBA9 negotiations with senior Australia Post Management representatives, including CEO Ahmed Fahour. And while we’ve made significant progress on a number of matters you told us were most important to you, we believe it is important to consult with members and their local reps to explain where the offer

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To say that I was saddened to yesterday learn of Jim Metcher’s decision to retire from the workforce would be an understatement. But it was with the greatest respect for his reasoning – to spend more time with his family he loves so much – that I accepted his decision. Sitting here today and reading through the many personal tributes

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It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to inform you that after 27 years of service to postal and telecommunications workers, I am retiring to spend more time with my family. My decision to retire was not easy, but after careful consideration and consultation with family and friends, I believe it is important for the Union to

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Jim Metcher today volunteered to stand aside from his position as CEPU NSW State Secretary while it is proposed that the Committee of Management, assisted by members of the National Executive, undertakes a process to establish and verify the facts surrounding accusations made in recent days by the media. In the interim, I will act as Acting Branch Secretary. Jim

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Boy oh boy, it’s certainly been a hot 19 hour media cycle for Australia Post’s media advisers. Starting with a Friday afternoon special on privatisation speculation: http://tinyurl.com/z22c3bb And it seems to have landed with a poor media adviser waking up this morning, excited to see a story they pitched about Post’s new e-vehicle trial in the newspaper and probably choking

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The Communications Union today expressed concern about the ongoing reliability of the critical Triple Zero emergency service amidst reports the Federal Government would tender for its operation. National President Shane Murphy said the tender signalled more cost cutting in the crucial fields of telecommunications and health services. “We’re calling on the Government to explain more clearly what it wants here.

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To guarantee the best possible future for members of the CEPU Communication Division, it’s time to unify in to one Branch in NSW/ACT and Victoria respectively. Members may or may not be aware that your Union’s Communications Division structure today is the product of the amalgamation of, largely, two predecessor Unions — the Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union (APTU) and

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Australia Post is preparing to further increase the cost of parcels at a time when they’re openly attacking the pay and conditions of the workers processing those parcels. National Secretary Greg Rayner said the public have just about had it with the chaos caused by management’s failures to address simple issues associated with one of the biggest automation investments they’ve

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Members have had their take-home pay and fifth week leave entitlement unilaterally reduced in an unprecedented and purely greed-driven attack by management at Sydney Parcel Facility (SPF). Despite warnings from Officials and members about the limitations associated with their new multi-million-dollar automation investment, management’s own failings to address the issues associated with its implementation at SPF, Australia’s largest parcel facility,

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