EBA8 / EA2013

Australia Post and your Union have been negotiating a new EBA8 since March this year. Between March and now, a number of offers to finalise the Agreement have been made to your Union and shared with employees however, they fell short of delivering for our members. Your Union has continued to press for the issues that you told us were

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As you are aware, your Union issued a statement recently advising members of your NSW/ACT, Qld, SA/NT and Tas Branches’ decision in not supporting the Fas freeze in EBA8. This decision was assisted given the overwhelming feedback received from members unequivocally opposed to Australia Post’s proposal to freeze the Final Average Salary (FAS) for defined benefit superannuation purposes for the

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Over the past few days members have had an opportunity to provide their feedback to their Union and also during workplace briefings by management on the Australia Post EBA8 offer made to the Union. The feedback received by members has been overwhelming and we would like to acknowledge all those members who have taken the time to share their views

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Negotiations for finalising a new EBA8 progressed well into Wednesday evening this week involving your senior Union officials and Australia Post Management representatives, including CEO Ahmed Fahour. Prior to the conclusion of Wednesday’s talks – Australia Post proposed an improved but final EBA8 offer which has resulted in the commitment by Post and the Unions working towards finalising the new

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All members are advised that negotiations are continuing with Australia Post at the most senior level of the Corporation to reach an “in principle” new EBA8. Any “in principle” new EBA8 will be required to be supported or rejected by a majority of employees covered by the Agreement as a legal requirement under the Fair Work Act 2009. Further discussions

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The Australia Post EBA8 survey is now closed  and following record returns by members . Your union would like to thank all members who took  time out to participate in this important EBA8 survey which will assist in advancing important issues members feel strongly about during the present EBA8 talks Below are the results of your EBA8 survey for the

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EBA8 negotiatons continued last week covering the topics of recent employment freeze announcement, allowances, full time employment, relief resources in Retail and Delivery and the use of contractors. National committee negotiations are scheduled for this week with retail and transport committees meeting on specific matters . EMPLOYMENT FREEZE – STATES TO HOLD SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS THIS WEEK After significant pressure from

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Australia Post’s Authorised Holiday proposal Since announcing Post’s proposal to remove the Authorised Holiday in lieu of an additional day’s annual leave instead, your Union has been swamped with feedback from members in strong opposition to the proposal. The many hundreds of emails and website messages received from members over the weekend  were in support of your Union’s position to oppose

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EBA8 negotiations continue this week. A number of items were discussed during negotiations this week, but one item of particular focus was the Authorised Holiday that is afforded to staff around the Christmas / New Year period on a date agreed to between Australia Post and the Union during annual Christmas Arrangement negotiations. Post has indicated their preference to remove

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NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN Negotiations commenced with Australia Post last week with an initial three day session held in Melbourne. Your Union presented an overview of matters of importance. Several sub-committees to deal with specific issues have been established. These sub-committees, which will include direct member involvement, will deal with issues in areas such as the Retail Services Transformation, Call centres, Transport

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