Workers @ Australia Post are on strike.
Help in staffing picket lines has been requested.
One workplace is located @ 133–169 Fairbairn Road, West Sunshine.
The other is located @ 120 Nathan Road, Dandenong South.
The pickets commence @ 8pm Tuesday December 15 and are slated to end on Thursday December 17 @ 4am.
Postal workers set to take industrial action
wsws.org
December 12, 2009Postal workers are set to begin nationwide industrial action next week after negotiations with Australia Post for a new enterprise work agreement broke down. The action is expected to include work stoppages and ignoring unstamped cards or letters during sorting and delivery.
The workers want a new agreement that protects penalty shifts, rosters and take-home pay and a commitment from Australia Post to improve workplace safety. They also want an end to the use of company-paid doctors to assess workers’ injuries, which the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union (CEPU) claims has led to many employees being forced to return to work when they are still unfit to do so.
Negotiations for an enterprise agreement began in April but have continually stalled. Australia Post appealed to the Rudd government’s Fair Work Australia on three occasions to block a ballot for industrial action. When a vote was finally held on November 25, more than 9,000 workers out of the 11,500 who participated backed the industrial campaign.
For more infos, contact the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) organiser Joan Doyle on 0419 345 134.
