Posties lodge complaint against Australia Post
The union representing Tasmania’s postal workers has lodged a complaint against Australia Post in the Industrial Relations Commission in Hobart, relating to a secret ballot for protected industrial action.
The Communications Union says up to a fifth of its members didn’t receive ballot papers, and there was a week’s delay in the delivery of the documents after their lodgment in Melbourne.
The union’s Tasmanian secretary, Peter Miller, says the process under the Federal Government’s new workplace laws has been a sham.
A spokesman for Australia Post, Ian Cropper, has rejected the union’s claims.
“There’s no evidence to suggest that the ballot papers have been delayed and for the union to infer that Australia Post is to blame just doesn’t add up,” he said.
“The ballot process is handled entirely independently of Post by the Australian Electoral Commission.”
The union has rejected Australia Post’s offer of a 12 pct pay rise over two and a half years and a USD 500 performance bonus, while locking in all existing award entitlements and conditions.
