MEDIA RELEASE: Sunday 20 December 2009
Australia Post Responsible for National Postal Service
Disruptions in Final week before Christmas, say Workers
This week’s industrial action in Australia Post will go ahead after
management rejected an opportunity to reopen negotiations over the
weekend.
The Postal Union today said Australia Post had refused to attend an
invitation by the Union to return to urgent talks to resolve the impasse that
is preventing a new Agreement from being reached that would deliver
32,000 Postal Workers job security, safety and pay.
These urgent talks were rejected by Australia Post despite the Union, in
an act of good faith, removing all of its partial bans from Friday 18/12 -
Monday 21/12 to allow the talks to occur free of any industrial action
occurring.
Australia Post are to be held responsible for the disruptions to postal
services from hereon given this untenable situation facing its 32,000
strong workforce.
An Agreement has been delayed by Australia Post for three years despite
the patience and genuine negotiations by the workers and their Union.
By not having an Agreement, Australia Post has during the past three
months slashed hundreds of post office and administration jobs across the
nation, with 225 post office/administration jobs going in NSW alone.
Another 33 NSW Post Office administration employees were only recently
given notice of their jobs being no longer required after Christmas.
This follows the announcement of Australia Post to convert the entire
Postie full time workforce to part time employment.
NSW CEPU Secretary Jim Metcher said; “Australia Post are failing their
32,000 workforce of mums and dads and are failing the tens of thousands
of postal users on a daily basis.
He said, “I have never observed so much anger ever by postal workers
towards the executive management of Australia Post.
The nation’s postal service is deteriorating at a rapid rate and just won’t
get any better where you have a regime of executives within Australia Post
putting their ego’s ahead of providing a reliable and quality postal service”.
Media enquiries : Jim Metcher on (02) 9893 7822 or 0418 656262
Note: A protest rally of postal workers is planned for 12 noon this
coming Tuesday 22 December outside Australia Post Headquarters
219-241 Cleveland Street Strawberry Hills
COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICAL PLUMBING UNION
NSW Postal & Telecommunications Branch (ABN 81 643 762 631)
Level 3, 81 George Street, Parramatta, NSW 2150 — PO Box 250, Parramatta NSW 2124
Tel: (02) 9893 7822 Fax: (02) 9893 7396 E-mail: admina@cepu.org Website: www.cepu.org
COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICAL PLUMBING UNION
NSW Postal & Telecommunications Branch (ABN 81 643 762 631)
Level 3, 81 George Street, Parramatta, NSW 2150 — PO Box 250, Parramatta NSW 2124
Tel: (02) 9893 7822 Fax: (02) 9893 7396 E-mail: admina@cepu.org Website: www.cepu.org
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