Retail

During a recent Union workplace visit, a NSW box-sorter was discovered to be employed less than the three hours per day minimum engagement provided for in EBA8.  Box-sorters are not second-class and shouldn’t be treated as such — they’re entitled to the same EBA conditions of employment as every other Award level employee. State level discussions occurred with Branch Secretary Jim

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Retail members across the country are ropeable at management’s continued manipulation of the terms of the new transfer process. One Victorian PSO, who asked for their identity to be withheld for fear of reprisals, said it was nothing but sour grapes. “For years we’ve been subjected to management favouritism when filling vacancies in Post Offices. “How is it that I

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Following a string of hold-ups and robberies in our post offices, the NSW Branch has led an offensive against Australia Post in relation to its security procedures in Retail. One particular Canberra-based outlet had been subjected to two armed hold ups in as many weeks, lead to NSW Branch Secretary Jim Metcher requiring full-time security personnel to be posted at the outlet

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Following months of vigorous negotiations, your Union has secured the introduction of a new, fair transfer process to be rolled-out nationally for base-grade Retail PSOs and PDO box sorters. NSW Branch Secretary Jim Metcher, who led calls for the reintroduction of a Retail transfer list that until a few years ago already applied in NSW and the ACT, said Retail’s

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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 welcomed the announcement today that new point of sale technology will be installed in more than 300 rural and regional post offices. CEPU Postal and Telecommunications NSW Branch Secretary Jim Metcher said he hoped the move announced by Australia Post today will provide for the viability of its regional network of post offices. “Rural and regional communities and small business rely

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Disturbing reports have been received from Retail members detailing the alleged threatening of post office staff by senior managers with the reduction in counter positions and overall staffing where maximum usage of self-service terminals (SST) is not evident for type of low-value customer transactions being processed. The allegations, which at this stage seem isolated in certain areas, involve management threatening

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Your Union wrote to you very early this year to communicate  an agreement between the CEPU and Australia Post to resolve the dispute surrounding the reintroduction of common counter arrangements in retail. The terms of the agreement reached in January is reproduced here for the benefit of members: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Permanent arrangements Trainee employees to be excluded from common counter arrangements

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Your Union wrote to each retail member in NSW and the ACT late last year following a flurry of complaints from members employed in retail concerned for the job security following Australia Post’s announced return to a common counter arrangement in retail. The Union has since met with Australia Post on a number of occasions regarding the matter and is

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Attention Australia Post retail employees. By now you would be aware of Australia Post’s plans to reshape the retail network across the country including the introduction of a number of flagship ‘super post offices’. As a result of these proposed changes, the CEPU is deeply engaged with Post in negotiating a Retail Services Transformation Agreement (RSTA). TheRSTAis crucial to ensure

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