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The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) congratulates Cameron Thiele on his election as Communications Divisional Secretary. Mr Thiele said his focus would be on implementing major new workplace agreements within Australia Post and Telstra in a time of structural and technological change in the postal and telecommunications industries. “The recent endorsement of a new Fair Work Agreement by our

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Unions will be spreading the word about the new Paid Parental Leave scheme to begin in January to ensure that all workers are aware of their new entitlement and how to apply for it. Speaking at the launch of a public information campaign alongside Prime Minister Julia Gillard today, ACTU President Ged Kearney said unions wanted to celebrate the historic

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The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) has welcomed today’s news of a solid profit for the postal service despite declining mail volumes – saying it is a credit to the hard work of Australia Post employees and a new, collaborative approach to industrial relations from Australia Post management.  Australia Post has announced a $103 million pre-tax profit for the

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The CEPU today welcomed the findings of a special Senate Inquiry into the corporation’s medical practices. The Inquiry was undertaken by the Senate Environment, Communications and the Arts References Committee and its report was tabled in the Senate last night by Committee Chair Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA). “This Senate Inquiry has made recommendations that provide for the better overall

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From SMH.com.au KIRSTY NEEDHAM AUSTRALIA Post has been accused of secretly monitoring Sydney postal workers using computerised street-side red letter boxes in breach of NSW surveillance laws. But the postal service says it is entitled to spy on its staff because it is not subject to state laws. The NSW Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos, has intervened in the dispute and will

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The major Union covering employees within Australia Post has announced that from tomorrow it would be commencing a series of work stoppages across the country. The decision comes in response to Australia Post’s recent action to notify staff that they would not be paid for any day on which they engaged in partial work bans (see attached). “From the outset

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Published in The Age 20 April 2009 Story by Scott Rochfort A BATTLE is brewing between Australia Post’s top brass and its army of 35,000 postal workers amid union accusations the government-owned enterprise is preparing to force staff to take unpaid leave.The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) has warned it is considering industrial action amid signs the postal carrier

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The major Union in Telstra has warned that the corporation’s continued push to cut jobs threatens the local telco industry’s ability to be part of Federal Government plans to rollout its new National Broadband Network. The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union’s National President Ed Husic said in The Australian today that in the last few weeks Telstra has flagged nearly

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Almost 100 Telstra technician jobs will be slashed across regional NSW, fueling union fears for the future of reliable communication services in the region.     Last week Telstra, regional Australia’s biggest communications provider, issued about 92 termination notices to technicians working in communities across NSW and the ACT.  The Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union, representing Telstra technicians, said the move was

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The quality of Telstra’s service has yet again come under fire with revelations that live copper wiring has been left dangerously exposed because of poor maintenance efforts. Where local cross connection cabinets in areas around the Sydney CBD and Parramatta have been damaged, Telstra has poorly repaired them with plastic bags, leaving cables exposed near schools and businesses. “Each of

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