Management have announced major changes to Delivery Night-shift.
They wish to reduce night-shift operations to the following Delivery Centres:
In additional to this re-structure, they are looking to down-size. They believe about a third of Night-shift sorters are surplus.
This change is a consequence of the introduction of the new letter-sorting technology which allows the round-sorting of large letters. Management have released an Expression of Interest form which has been distributed to night-sorters.
The union is sceptical about the need to eliminate all other night-shift operations. There are large night-shifts operating at Mooroolbark, Moorabbin and Hoppers Crossing DCs that it would make sense to retain. We are concerned that the extra work in de-canting and distributing sequenced and round-sorted large letter mail and small parcels has been under-estimated.
(Small parcels going to Delivery increased by 46% last year, and 88% in the last month).
We are concerned about the long-distances some operations are being asked to shift (e.g. Templestowe, Mooroolbark and Deepdene are supposed to relocate to DLC and Brighton is supposed to go to Port Melbourne).
We have not been informed how the residue work sorted at the large DCs will reach the smaller DCs in time for delivery and just who will deliver this mail.
Organisers are currently visiting night-shift operations to discuss options with members. In the meantime, feel free to ring the union office (9600 9100) or Joan (0419 345 134) (any time if the matter is urgent, but preferably between 5am and midnight).
We would advise night-shift members to remember that
Day-shift PDOs dreaming of a consequential VRP should apply to the Swaps Register (Contact Post People 1st 9107 1308).