OH&S

The following represents the present position on the SBD Dispute given the further talks between your CEPU representatives and Australia Post senior management on Friday, 4 November 2011. These talks focused on the information gathered from the three Working Groups covering: 1. Front Letter Carrier (FLC) 2. Safety 3. SBD/Single Bundle Delivery comparison time trials/audits. Present Criterion at this stage

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The SBD review process and audit examination continues under work groups established with the involvement of representatives of your union at the national, state and local level. These work groups are covering SBD matters associated with; A comparison study of SBD and single bundle delivery to determine whether the reported 30 min per day cost savings to the organisation are

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CEPU national office representatives along with senior Australia Post management including the Managing Director met with 21 Postal Delivery Officers from all states in the last week of September on the controversial Separate Bundle Delivery (SBD) system of work. Health and Safety concerns along with SBD being a costly inefficient work practice featured during these talks. The 21 posties who

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Australia Post’s claim that they have successfully rolled out SBD to over 700 rounds across the country is not true.  Information reported by members around the country have not even half that number of rounds converted to SBD.  Similarly, Post are claiming Posties are having positive experiences using SBD – well we keep searching and haven’t been able to find

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Legal proceedings and potential legal fixes are one thing, organising is another.

It is now a requirement for all Union members to react to Australia Post and show them that we won’t settle for unsafe work practices and/or a poorer mail delivery service as result .

We are now embarking on a nationwide campaign opposing the unsafe SBD work practice involving all delivery members across the nation.

Post has recently launched an aggressive workplace safety programme which they call “I am for zero”. From the material that has been circulated on the issue, particularly in the form of workplace posters, the phrase “I am for zero” refers to senior management representatives, including the Managing Director, stating that they are for zero tolerance and zero injuries when it

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Mercedes Benz Trucks (20 and 28 ULD vehicles) are supplied to Australia Post with a fixed side step as standard. However, driver feedback has indicated difficulties with maintaining a safe three points of contact when using the steps – mainly due to the height of the first rung from ground level. Australia Post has decided to introduce a form of

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Credit where it is due – despite having previously accredited the AP Health and Safety Representatives’ Course (HSR) Comare has now decided to suspend the course because it does not meet Comcare’s guidelines requirements. The new guidelines titled, Guidelines – Health and Safety Representatives training in the Commonwealth jurisdiction arise out of a Comcare Review of Commonwealth HSR Training Course Accreditation

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Australia Post has developed a policy on the use of compressed air for cleaning of equipment.  The new policy stems from CEPUrepresentations to Australia Post on this matter following two serious accidents in which two Post technicians were struck on the head with a compressed air gun in separate incidents. While action is definitely required to eliminate the risk of any further

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The revised Australia Post First Aid Policy incorporates a number of the CEPU’s recommendations and on balance is an improvement on the previous policy. The review follows the introduction of the Commonwealth OHS Code of Practice (2008) Part 2 – First Aid (OHS Code of Practice – First Aid) which provides guidance to employers on how to meet their duty

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