Postal

The CEPU has called on the Federal Government to provide $40 million of support to Australia Post’s Future Skills program. CEPU NSW State Secretary Jim Metcher appeared at the Federal Government’s inquiry into the NBN where he called for Government funding of at least $40 million to Australia Post’s Future Skills program. In August 2010, Australia Post announced that it

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At a meeting on 2 March with Comcare, the CEPU and Australia Post it was agreed  to extend  the terms of reference of Comcare’s review to include a review of SBD on all modes of delivery including walk buggies, bicycle and tricycle rounds. This is a welcome development as the same CEPU expert consultants who provided the report on SBD

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The CEPU recently appointed Associated Professional Ergonomists to undertake an in-depth health and safety report into the separate bundle delivery process Australia Post has attempted to implement. A copy of this in depth report can be downloaded using the following links: Separate Bundle Delivery Report Overview Attachment 1: Modes of delivery ergonomics and OHS factors Attachment 2: Modes of delivery

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Glebe residents, whose Post Office shuts for good this week, will receive a vastly inferior postal service from the main street’s new stamp-selling convenience store, the CEPU Postal Union said today. Australia Post announced this week it will set up a Community Postal Agency offering limited postal services out of the main street’s Lucky 7 Convenience Store, to replace the Post

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This is an important message alert to all CEPU members to check their pay entitlements against Australia Post’s inferior pay system. Over recent pay periods the Union has received significant complaints and grievances from members relating to inaccurate pay slip information and more importantly where members have received no pay caused by underpayments or overpayments by the new  inferior pay

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Australia Post must do everything in its power to retain local Post Offices and ensure communities have access to postal services, the CEPU Communications Union said today, following news reports a string of post offices in Sydney and nationwide are to be closed down. “Australia Post has promised the union that it will do everything possible to turn around profitability

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The CEPU has received compelling evidence of OHS concerns from an independent commissioned report into Separate Bundle Delivery (SBD), titled “The Shaw Report”. The Divisional Executive of the CEPU (national) met recently on 28-30 November to discuss the implications of this report, which has disappointingly been ignored by Post management despite the report’s adverse findings to delivery employees’ workplace safety.

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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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Earlier this year a pilot program was undertaken by Australia Post involving drivers from NSW and Victoria to assess the benefits (if any) in training drivers to improve their driving styles and habits to improve the impact on the environment by reducing Australia Posts carbon emissions. The results of the trial show that of the 3 training methods used, those

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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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