STOPWORK MASS MEETING & RALLY ALL VICTORIAN MEMBERS

1PM Wednesday, 23 Dec. 2009

Victorian Trades Hall Council Cnr: Lygon & Victoria Streets Carlton

Australia Post’s Chief Operating Officer Jim Marshall has rejected EBA 7 talks with the union. This follows the Union acting in good faith by withdrawing all active protected industrial action in place.

Please note that this means all overtime bans and partial work bans are now lifted. The union however has notified for STOPPAGES for Tuesday 22/12/09, Wednesday 23/12/09 and Thursday 24/12/09. Please note that there are no directions in place for these and that these are all VOLUNTARY with the exception of the above MASS MEETING & RALLY.

Communication Workers Union Victoria

DIRECT ACTION ON THE JOB ?

THE union representing Australia Post workers is considering a proposal to deliver all mail over the Christmas period irrespective of whether the postage has been paid. The novel form of industrial action rests on a ballot this week of Australia Post workers. Ed Husic, the national president of the Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union, said consumers across Australia could potentially look forward to sending their Christmas mail for free if postal workers voted to take action. "Among the actions postal workers are voting on are periodic bans on checking that letters and cards are stamped," Mr Husic said. "Bans would mean that unstamped mail is not returned to the sender, but goes through free of charge." About 18,000 postal workers are this week voting on whether to take industrial action. "Our members know Christmas is a special time and we want to limit public inconvenience, while sending a message to management," Mr Husic said. That message, he said, was to "stop acting like Scrooge with our conditions and entitlements".