Postal

Thousands of Australia Post Christmas casual workers will go without pay this Christmas despite working hard in making sure the community receives their Christmas goodies via the mail system, the CEPU Postal Workers Union said today. Australia Post today told the Fair Work Commission of its inability to pay thousands of Christmas casual workers their statutory pay entitlements on time

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Casual workers making sure Australians receive their cards and parcels in time for Christmas won’t see a cent for their work until the new year, the CEPU postal workers’ union said today. Australia Post is holding back the pay of thousands of Christmas casual mail sorters who started work as of December but have not seen any pay for their

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A healthy profit revealed today shows Australia Post can afford to continue providing secure jobs for workers and quality, reliable mail services to Australian communities, the postal workers’ Union said. CEPU Postal and Telecommunications NSW Branch Secretary Jim Metcher welcomed the announcement of a $312 million (after tax) profit in Australia Post’s annual report, saying there was no excuse for

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Proposed changes to Australia Post’s regional mail sorting centres have been put on hold today, following talks between the union and the company. Australia Post has proposed changes to mail sorting in a number of regional NSW areas including Albury, Wagga Wagga, Wollongong, Bathurst, Tamworth, Kempsey and Casino. The changes, if implemented, could result in significant job loss and delays

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The CEPU last week met with Australia Post at a summit meeting. At this meeting, Post executives outlined the major structural change and the business plans that Australia post shall be embarking on in transforming the company into becoming a major domestic and international market leader. A summary of topics discussed at the summit are contained in the attached update

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Australia Post workers have strongly endorsed a new EBA8 that promotes full-time employment and protects important workplace conditions and entitlements as we face tough economic times within Australia Post and the industry generally. The results of the EBA8 ballot, undertaken by the Australian Electoral Commission are as follows: NSW Votes returned: 6777   Yes vote: 90.12% ACT Votes returned: 340   Yes vote: 93.84% VIC Votes

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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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