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 effort to help
reinstate a range of key job
security conditions.
We’ve been trying for 18
months through genuine talks
to get these conditions back
- but Australia Post has
refused to listen to our
members’ concerns.
Australia Post workers want
an agreement that gives them
greater job security. We
know workplaces have to
change but we don’t want to
be stuck on a one way street
- where management gets all
the change it wants but all
we get are cuts to take home
pay or more part time work
with fewer full time jobs.
It's got to the stage where
we think Post senior
management has WorkChoices
on ‘life-support’ at
Australia Post.
We’ve tried talking. Now’s
the time for action.
This action has been taken
to help members secure a
fairer EBA7 – one that
protects your security,
safety and pay.
For a sample ballot listing,
click
here
(NOTE: this is yet to be
approved by Fair Work
Australia).
Members demands for EBA7 are
clear:
-
Measures to help protect
full-time jobs
-
A strong dispute
resolution clause
-
Maintaining workers’
shift penalties, and
take home pay
-
An end to the use of
company paid doctors who
are forcing employees
back to work even when
they are still sick or
injured
The ballot application was
announced today at
Parliament House, Canberra
by CEPU National President
Ed Husic, and CEPU NSW
Postal & Telecommunications
Branch Secretary Jim Metcher
alongside Australia Post
CEPU members. The Victorian
Branch of the Union formally
presented Australia Post
management with a copy of
the ballot application at
Australia Post
headquarters.
WHERE TO FROM HERE
-
Fair Work Australia (FWA)
(which has taken over
from the AIRC) will now
need to hold a special
hearing to process our
application for a secret
ballot.
-
We have asked for the
Australian Electoral
Commission to conduct
the ballot.
-
We have also asked that
members vote via a
postal ballot, sent
directly to their homes.
-
We will provide you with
more information once
FWA make a decision on
our application and we
have consulted with the
AEC over the ballot
timing (if FWA approve
our application).
ONLY CEPU MEMBERS CAN VOTE
AND TAKE ACTION
• If you’re not a member
– join by Friday. It’s the
only way you can vote.
• If you’re a member and
know a non-member –ask them
to join by Friday
• If you’ve changed your
personal details recently –
email us now via
feedback@cepu.org
