BY IAN CROUCH
Newcastle Posties will hold an urgent meeting this morning at the Warabrook Delivery Centre to discuss plans to reduce services and slash jobs.
The Communication Workers Union says the Morrison Government has approved changes which has already seen the frequency of delivery services wound back and a growing backlog in undelivered mail and parcels.
Under the plan, deliveries in cities will be reduced to every second day, while interstate deliveries would be made within 5 days.
The Union says unless the changes are blocked in Parliament, up to 25 per cent of Posties could lose their jobs.
Posties are calling on the community to urge their local MP to block the service cuts by going to www.postalpandemic.com.au