Sack posties who try to censor mail

The Post reports:

Posties have refused to deliver a circular claiming the Wellington City Council wants the capital’s six mosques to broadcast the Islamic Call to Prayer across the city.

The Postal Workers Union said its Wellington-based posties did not deliver the circular from lobby group Better Wellington on Monday because of its “misleading and inflammatory statement”, but NZ Post reaffirmed intentions to begin deliveries on Tuesday.

A NZ Post spokesperson said it was not appropriate for them to act as a censor in determining what it would and won’t deliver.

Any postie who refuses to deliver legal mail because they disagree with it, should lose their jobs.

If the circular breaches the law, you can complain to the Human Rights Commission or Police.

If the circular is a breach of advertising standards, you can complain to the ASA.

But you don’t get to unilaterally decide what information households are allowed to receive.

It is disturbing that a union is claiming it has the right to decide what mail does and does not get delivered.

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