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Australia Post workers condemn secret union-management negotiations for new enterprise agreement The Communication Electrical and Plumbers Union (CEPU) advised its members at Australia Post (AP) that it began backroom negotiations with management this week for a new workplace Enterprise Agreement (EA) at the state-owned postal facility. In an email yesterday, the union complained that management had rejected its proposals for a return to regular start times, which have been substantially altered with the rollout over the past year of an Alternative Delivery Model (ADM). The CEPU touted a rece...

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand 23 April 2021 Sri Lanka: State bank workers’ union calls off strike without resolution The Ceylon Bank Employees Union called off a nationwide strike of state bank employees which had been planned for Thursday. The union made the last-minute cancellation after a discussion with the finance ministry in which an “assurance” was given that the issues in dispute would be dealt with. Workers are demanding that the state bank revise pensions of employees who joined it after 1996, establish a pension for employees of banks and offer new recrui...

Groton — Town Manager John Burt said the town recently became aware, through a letter it received, of charges from 2004 involving the developer of a proposed mixed-use village at the Mystic Education Center when he was operating a plumbing company in New York. Burt said at this point, the misdemeanor incident from more than 15 years ago does not impact the project. “Of course, we take any known impropriety seriously,” Burt said. “We looked into it. I had a long discussion with Mr. (Jeffrey) Respler. He answered all the questions I had satisfactorily.” “I have all the faith in Resp...

The CEPU’s Senate inquiry submission reveals months of backroom talks between the union and Australia Post chiefs on how to suppress workers’ opposition to the ADM or a new version of it.

White House fountains dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day, dancers line up at Irish embassy By Stephanie Weaver White House fountain dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day The White House celebrated St Patrick’s Day on Wednesday, March 17, by dyeing its North Lawn fountain green, timelapse footage shows. (Credit: White House via Storyful) WASHINGTON - In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, the White House featured a display of green water in the fountains on the north and south lawns. Meanwhile, Irish dancers lined up to perform in front of Ireland’s embassy to mark the holiday. One o...