Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa - Latest News [Page 1]
NZ Post's proposal to lay-off 700 posties - Postal Workers Union counter-proposal
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 2:25 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Postal Workers Union counter-proposal response to NZ Post proposing to lay off 700 posties and expanding its ‘third class’ workforce The Postal Workers Union has a counter-proposal in response to NZ Post’s proposal to lay off all 700 posties ... More >>
Postal Workers Union Files Case In The Employment Court Seeking A Declaration That NZ Post Couriers Are Employees
Sunday, 8 October 2023, 6:59 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
A case claiming that NZ Post’s courier drivers are employees who have been misclassified as contractors has been filed in the Employment Court. The Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa will be seeking a declaration from the Court that those couriers who have ... More >>
Postal Workers Union warns of widespread mail scam
Sunday, 11 August 2019, 5:07 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
The Postal Workers Union has written to the Malaysian High Commission seeking a meeting about scam mail coming into New Zealand from Malaysia. The particular scam the Union is concerned about is a series of related travel company scams which it appears are ... More >>
Posties judgement in Employment Court major win for workers
Friday, 3 May 2019, 3:46 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Workers around the country have had their rights to guaranteed hours confirmed in a very clear decision by a full bench of the Employment Court. The decision in favour of the Postal Workers Union against NZ Post strengthened the employment law changes ... More >>
Postie forced to work with supervisor who threatened her
Tuesday, 19 September 2017, 1:40 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
A postal worker was expected to continue working with her supervisor after the supervisor threatened to kill her, despite New Zealand Post investigating the worker’s complaint and acknowledging that the threat actually happened. More >>
NZ Post's secret audio recordings
Sunday, 13 August 2017, 9:51 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
NZ Post's secret audio recordings include householders chatting to their postie at their letterbox and on their private property Unknown to most of its posties, NZ Post has been making continuous audio recordings while they are out driving the new ... More >>
Posties’ union calls to cancel fastpost postage increase
Sunday, 25 June 2017, 7:34 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Posties’ union calls on NZ Post to cancel next week’s fastpost postage increase NZ Post should cancel next week’s 50 cent increase in fastpost postage until the company can consistently honour public expectations about its delivery service says ... More >>
Union charges NZ Post with “serious misconduct”
Sunday, 23 April 2017, 7:16 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Union charges NZ Post with “serious misconduct” over mail delays The latest report of standard letters taking up to 2 weeks to be delivered across the country has led the Postal Workers Union to charge NZ Post with serious misconduct. This is the same ... More >>
Postal Workers Union calls for Parliamentary Enquiry
Monday, 31 August 2015, 9:37 am | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Following Friday's release of NZ Post's annual financial report the Postal Workers Union calls for Parliamentary Enquiry Following Friday's release of NZ Post's annual report the Postal Workers Union wants a Parliamentary Enquiry into what it calls ... More >>
Government accused of sabotaging a second SOE
Sunday, 16 August 2015, 8:17 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
The Government is being accused of sabotaging another state owned enterprise following the collapse of Solid Energy. More >>
Union accuses Government of sabotaging New Zealand Post
Friday, 24 July 2015, 9:22 am | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
“While finance minister Bill English says the Government does not intend to sell New Zealand Post, they are doing a very good job at trying to sabotage the state owned postal service”, says Postal Workers Union spokesperson John Maynard. More >>
NZ Post to continue its removal of road side post boxes
Monday, 22 June 2015, 11:11 am | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
At the same time that NZ Post is quietly engaged in the removal of many of its road side post boxes and reducing its delivery service, private mail company DX Mail is steadily building up its own postal delivery network. More >>
Postal Workers Union calling for a stop to axing post boxes
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 9:26 am | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Postal Workers Union calling for a stop to NZ Post tomorrow axing more roadside post boxes More >>
Government money grab from changes at New Zealand Post
Friday, 13 February 2015, 9:31 am | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
"It's a money grab by the Government as the shareholder of New Zealand Post" says Postal Workers Union advocate Graeme Clarke about the changes announced by NZ Post today. More >>
Postal Workers Union calls on NZ Post to reverse policy
Monday, 24 February 2014, 3:10 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
New Zealand Post has been called on by the Postal Workers Union to immediately reverse its policy of deliberately holding back standard mail which has been processed and ready for delivery. More >>
A new twist on privatisation at New Zealand Post
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 3:07 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Finance Minister Bill English said yesterday that New Zealand Post has some "real challenges" from declining mail volumes and is "not really amenable to sell down". However a new twist in the Government's privatisation programme is in evidence at ... More >>
NZ Post competitor able to go for its business mail jugular
Sunday, 3 November 2013, 12:39 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Freightways subsidiary DX Mail is targeting NZ Post's business mail senders with a promise of next day, across town, 5 day a week delivery. Last month NZ Post abandoned its own next day delivery service. More >>
NZ Post goes from "raising the bar" to lowering the boom
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 4:27 pm | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Company posters on the walls of its worksites exhorts New Zealand Post employees to "raise the bar". However New Zealand Post's announcement today of job losses in its mail processing operations sees instead of the bar being raised, the boom being ... More >>