Media Releases

The Union representing postal workers is seeking urgent clarification from Australia Post on what steps, if any, the company has taken to protect the safety of postal workers and the community while facilitating returns under the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and Note 7 Edge recall process. CEPU Communications Division National Secretary Greg Rayner said he feared the safety of postal workers

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Your Union is today calling on Chief Executive Ahmed Fahour to apologise to his workers aged 50 and over for his comments insinuating that they are more interested in retirement than learning new skills. CEPU NSW/ACT Secretary Jim Metcher said the comments were inappropriate and an apology was needed as soon as possible. “This is alarming and affects hundreds of workers.

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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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Branch Secretary Jim Metcher and Communications Division National Secretary Greg Rayner today welcomed Australia Post’s return to profitability, saying it presented an opportunity to invest in the workforce for sustained success. “Getting the company back into the black following such substantial losses last year is welcome news,” said Mr Rayner. “This result is built on the back of hard work

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Communications Union National President Shane Murphy today welcomed the announcement of Telstra’s profit increase and capital buy back, but said the result demonstrated how dishonest Telstra’s justifications were for offshoring and contracting out local jobs. He said offshoring and the use of cheap, contracted labour for critical network and infrastructure maintenance tasks had led to mass outages and a significant drop

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The Union representing communication workers today welcomed Labor’s announcement that it would maximise the use of fibre to the home in the NBN network rollout. The Union lamented the lost opportunity to ‘do it once, do it right’, due to the Coalition’s stubborn refusal to invest in fibre to the home, but said Labor’s plan would get the project back on

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Job applicants are being sought on Australia’s ‘largest telecommunications project’ – the NBN – but the job applicants are not coming from where you might expect. “3 Years Work In Australia – Interviews in Ireland in June” begins an online job advertisement for $75,000 jobs on the National Broadband Network. “Experience in copper cable jointing is a must – expand your

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Your Union has slammed NBN Co and the Turnbull Government over their attempts to cover up a failed NBN policy, and to bully whistleblowers who exposed those failures. CEPU Communications Divisional (National) Secretary Greg Rayner labelled it a “politically motivated attempt to cover-up Malcolm Turnbull’s NBN policy failures” and a “major step back in the protection of whistleblowers in Australia.” “The leaked

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Australia Post has been criticised for their latest money grab – a leaked plan to slog customers with a fee for not picking up undelivered parcels at post offices. CEPU Communications Division National Secretary Greg Rayner said Post was shifting responsibility onto the customer while continuing to penny pinch by contracting out delivery services. “Parcel delivery is a boom business for

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The Union representing postal workers has raised serious security concerns over reports, in today’s Daily Telegraph, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is considering selling off Australia Post’s passport application services. The article can be viewed here: You may no longer be able to apply for a passport at Australia Post CEPU Communications Divisional (National) Secretary Greg Rayner said

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