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Workers' compensation dispute threatens state mail service Date: Jan. 28, 1991 From: The Age (Melbourne, Australia) Publisher: Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited Document Type: Brief article Length: 347 words Content Level: (Level 5)

Full Text: Byline: Danielle Talbot

Victorian mail services could face lengthy delays this week if talks between Australia Post and the Australian Postal and Telecommunications Union fail to solve a dispute over workers' compensation tomorrow. The union's assistant secretary, Mr Jim Tudehope, said yesterday that union officials and Australia Post executives would meet tomorrow in an attempt to avert statewide industrial action planned for Wednesday. The dispute is now in its fifth day. Mr Tudehope said that if the dispute was not resolved union delegates across the state had already signalled their agreement for a widespread campaign in protest against Australia Post's alleged mishandling of workers' compensation claims. The dispute began last Wednesday after 230 mail officers at the Blackburn Mail Centre went on strike for 24 hours over claims that Australia Post had encouraged seven injured workers to accept early retirement. The union has also accused Australia Post of hiring private investigators to spy on up to 200 injured workers who had applied for compensation. Mr Tudehope claimed that Australia Post had tricked the seven workers into forfeiting their compensation payments as part of a cost cutting exercise: "I don't know how these people have been feeding their families, most of them are in their 40s and they've only had access to superannuation for about three years." He said union members had called for the removal of Australia Post's powers under the Commonwealth Compensation Act as well as the reinstatement of the seven workers' compensation entitlements. In a statement released last week, Australia Post's Victorian deputy general manager, Mr Ray Lowe, said the union's allegations would be investigated: "We have discussed the matter with union officials and will be talking further with them." Mr Tudehope said mass meetings of workers would be held on Wednesday to consider stepping up the dispute. "The members are committed to this issue and they will pursue it until their demands are met." He said the union would grant an exemption for mail sent to the Gulf if the campaign went ahead. A spokesman for Australia Post could not be contacted last night.

Danielle Talbot

Copyright: COPYRIGHT 1991 Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited. www.theage.com.au. Not available for re-distribution. http://www.theage.com.au/ Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition) "Workers' compensation dispute threatens state mail service." Age [Melbourne, Australia], 28 Jan. 1991, p. 3. Gale In Context:

Opposing Viewpoints, https://link-gale- com.libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/apps/doc/A297349363/OVIC?u=oran95108&sid=OVIC&xid=1a7d34f6. Accessed 21 June 2020.

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