CEPU and EBA6

I recieved this email this afternoon, it seems there are some who will be asking you to consider voting No to EBA6.


Hello again

On my previous rant about how OUR union has ripped us off and lied to us about our "great win" against post, I made a small error in my calculations.

It seems that the original pay offer from Australia Post was a 8% pay rise over 25 months with two $400 bonus's.

I calculated the original offer over a 28 month period.

So heres the new correct figures of the original pay rise.

8% over 25 months

25 months is 2.083 years

8% divided by 2.083 years equals

3.84% PER YEAR

Our current "great win" over Australia Post pay rise is:

10% over 34 months which works out to be,

10% over 2.83 years

10% divided by 2.83 years equals

3.53% PER YEAR

WHAT A SHOCK!

Our union has actually negotiated a PAY LOSS on our behalf. (3.53 - 3.84 is 0.31% worse)

They want us to believe that it is a win??

A win for who?

Not the paying members of that make up the union thats for sure.

They are blatently misleading us on the deal they have secured on our behalf.

For instance: In the CEPU Postal News letter 35, the union talks about our great win and how we made Australia Post listen etc. They then talk about our pay rise but they neglect to mention the length of the agreement. They only offer an agreed finish date. No start date

Are they trying not to draw our attention to the fact that this will be a 34 month agreement? Yes they are!

10% sounds great. Much better than the 8.5% that Australia Post wanted to pay us.

But wait a minute. That 8 - 8.5% was over a much shorter agreement. Nevermind we just won't mention it. Those workers are probably not smart enough to figure out that we are fooling them.

What about DODO? The union said absolutely NO to DODO. right?

Wrong DODO is in the new EBA

Fanchising?

Yep its in too.

Remember when we were told that if you let Australia Post in the door on issues then it is easy for them to expand on those issues?

The union, despite telling us that they wouldn't let it happen, have done just that.

Of course they'll tell us that its ok. They have a clause that says that Australia Post has to consult with them when they implement DODO and Franchising.

Well we can see how good the union is at getting us a good deal when they negotiate with Australia Post.

I have a lot more to say on OUR EBA but I'm so worked up I have to go and vent my anger on some innocent inaminate object.



We have a finish date for the EBA not a start date. That finish date is December 2006