EBA9

Late yesterday afternoon the Fair Work Commission advised your Union that EBA9 has been approved and will officially come into effect on 9 August. Once again, thank you to all local AURs and members in workplaces across NSW and the ACT who were vocal in their demands for nothing less than a new EBA9 that protects our existing hard-won conditions,

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Members vote to lock in certainty and security Despite the Abbott/Turnbull Government’s unfair Workplace Bargaining Policy, a strong and coordinated CEPU campaign delivered an EBA9 that locks in all existing hard-fought conditions, continues to maximise meaningful, full-time jobs, prevents members impacted by reform from being involuntarily retrenched and equips members for the jobs of the future. And the strong endorsement

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After months of bargaining and intense discussions over the past few weeks finalising the finer details, Australia Post’s formal EBA9 offer has been announced and an employee vote will take place shortly. Your Union supports the offer. Since bargaining commenced in November last year we have been consulting with and listening to members across the county. Thousands of members have

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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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Following a summit held recently between Australia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour and your CEPU leadership team, negotiations for a new EBA9 to replace the current EBA8 is scheduled to commence from Tuesday next week. The Bargaining Process Your Union maintains that the best possible outcome for members is to secure a back-to-back Agreement without any gaps between the nominal expiry

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Your EBA9 member survey has closed following a record return rate. Your Union would like to thank all members who participated in this important process – assisting us in advancing the issues members feel most strongly about in upcoming talks. The survey results started to develop an interesting, trend very early on. And with 86% of respondents sharing some concern with

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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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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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Last week we informed you about Australia Post’s latest attempted attack on your Authorised Holiday (Union Picnic Day), a plan we had to ask them to repeat out of disbelief that they’d even try this on again. We were overwhelmed by the thousands of members across the country who have contacted us in vocal opposition to this ludicrous proposal. We’d

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Just over three years ago to the day, during EBA8 negotiations, Australia Post laid out its proposal to remove the Authorised Holiday (Union Picnic Day) and afford employees with an additional ARL day instead. The proposal didn’t go very far. Members reacted immediately and with incredible volume to this ridiculous proposal and suffice to say, your Union formally opposed the

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