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Late yesterday Fair Work Australia (FWA) approved our application to hold a ballot of Union members for protected industrial action in Post. Post has spent the biggest part of this year rejecting your claims.  Then Post spent big money to stop members from having their say in a protected action ballot. But now you WILL have your say.  Now it’s

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The CEPU has welcomed today’s move by Senators Steve Fielding (Family First) and Dana Wortley (ALP) to set up a special Senate inquiry to investigate concerns that Australia Post has been forcing its injured staff back to work well before they have recovered from workplace injuries. “This is a tremendous move, which will help put a massive spotlight on unsafe

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ABC’s 7:30 Report recently broadcasted a special investigative report into Australia Post’s return to work policy. If you didn’t catch the report on TV, click the play button on the video below to begin watching online.

Your Union has presented Australia Post with a fair EBA7 proposal that advances claims to protect your job security, safety at work and take-home pay. Last week, Australia Post spent truckloads of capital on high-priced lawyers to shut down members overwhelming voting intentions for supporting protected industrial action given the Union campaign escalating to another level for reaching a new

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From the moment WorkChoices was introduced, Australia Post has tried everything it can to take away your conditions and entitlements. Today, they were able to temporarily stop you from accessing another right: your democratic right to vote in a protected action ballot.  Why? Because senior management is scared their employees will support industrial action. Post spent a truckload of dollars

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After the green light was given to proceed with our ballot for protected industrial action, the CEPU has been in discussions with the Australian Electoral Commission.We can now advise that the ballot will officially open on Wednesday 9 September. Here are the key dates: 1 September, 5.00pm – rolls close 9 September, 5.00pm – ballot opens and papers sent out

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Late today Fair Work Australia approved the CEPU’s applications for a ballot of members to authorise the taking of protected industrial action in Australia Post and in Post Logistics. “This is a significant step forward in attempting to successfully approve within our Australia Post membership the biggest workplace ballot in the country,” said CEPU State Secretary Jim Metcher. “Tens of thousands

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Decision on our ballot put off ’till Monday. Australia Post yesterday used the equivalent of a “sick note” to deliberately sabotage a hearing into your Union’s industrial action ballot application. Under the law, Fair Work Australia (FWA) — the body that has taken over from the Australian Industrial Relations Commission — must consider ballot applications within two days of such

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The CEPU has today lodged an official application for a secret ballot of members to approve taking protected industrial action against Australia Post. This will be  the largest ballot for protected industrial action since the start of the Fair Work Act.  It will ask nearly 18,000 CEPU members at Australia Post to take a wide range of actions in an

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The CEPU has received a number of complaints from delivery members across the state following the recent implementation of the Hughes bundle straps as an alternative to using elastic bands for bundling mail for delivery. Members are advised that the straps are an alternative to using the elastic bands and they are not obligated to use them if not comfortable with

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