Do not fill in expressions of interest forms

The CEPU is recommending that employees working in Customer Contact Centres across Australia DO NOT COMPLETE THE EOI FORMS currently being issued by management.

Post senior management is hell bent in shutting down the centres. 

They did not consult properly, ahead of making the decision.

They are dragging the chain, delaying the provision of answers to the questions the union has asked of management.

Yet they are deliberately racing out with redundancy expressions of interest, designed to see who is interested in leaving Post via a package.

This is aimed to help Post fast-track the closure of your centre.

On Friday morning, a CEPU teleconference heard union secretaries advise that members in the affected centres have told union officials that members want to keep their jobs in the centres.

Members want the union to fight for them – and that’s what we’re going to do.

We’ve written to Post (click here to view letter) rejecting the closures, telling them that they must engage in meaningful consultation – and indicating they haven’t justified why the centres should close.

Post claim that the closures are because of outdated technology and costly property leases – and that they can be more efficient by consolidating to two sites using improved technology.

Most other companies can upgrade technology in their centres without slashing staff – so why can’t Post do the same?

What this is really about is Post cutting costs: managing the same 6 million inbound calls a year … but with 25% less people.

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If you require any further information, please contact Branch President Susan Sheather or Branch Official Nathan Metcher on (02) 9893 7822.