Canada Post Is At It Again
Just when you thought that it couldn’t get any worse Canada Post’s “Higher Echelon” in Ottawa show what JERKS they really are. Believe me, JERKS was not the first word that came to mind. In their “infinate wisdom”, Canada Post has now decided to strip every CUPW Urban Bargaining Unit member of their rightful entitlement to accrue annual leave and sick leave credits for the month of June 2011.
Bill C-6 put the old collective agreement back into place from February 1, 2011 until the new one comes into effect. That means CUPW members are entitled to all of their rights, benefits, and privaledges on a continual and ongoing basis as stated in the old collective agreement.
Article 19.01 (b) of the collective agreement states: “An employee who is entitled to receive pay for atleast ten (10) days in each calendar month of a vacation year, as defined in 10.01 (a), shall earn vacation leave at the following rates…..”
Article 20.02 (b) of the collective agreement states: “a full time employee shall acumulate sick leave credits from his first day of employment at a rate of one and one-quarter (1 1/4) days for each month in which he or she is entitled to atleast ten (10) days pay“
In Calgary, CUPW Urban Bargaining Unit employees were scheduled to work on June 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 27, 28, 29, and 30, 2011. If you worked on or received pay for ten (10) of the afore-mentioned days, you are entitled to earn annual leave and sick leave credits for the month of June 2011. The majority of CUPW Urban Bargaining Unit members rightfully earned and accrued sick leave and annual leave credits for June 2011. By the way CPC , the calendar month for June is from June 1 to 30, 2011 and not from May 30, 2011 to June 26, 2011. Maybe if you checked a calendar once in a while you would know the difference. Hiss, Hiss!! Meow, Meow!!!
Canada Post is WRONG!!! In some cases employees have been deducted anywhere from three (3) days to more than one (1) week of annual leave entitlement. CPC has stated that all CUPW Urban Bargaining Unit employees will not receive their sick leave accrual for June 2011.
This is WRONG!!! CPC locked us out, went to Harper in order to have us legislated back, and now they are going against the provisions of Bill C-6. Every CUPW Urban Bargaining Unit member should immediately check their annual leave and sick leave entitlements and obtain a copy of such. Members should also ask their supervisors for a complete print out of their annual leave, and sick leave used so far this calendar year. If you find that a discrepancy exists , then file a grievance.
Canada Post can not be allowed to get away with this despicable violation!!
Maybe they should face the full ramifications of Bill C-6.
6. (1) of Bill C-6 states: “The terms of the collective agreement is extended to include the period beginning on February 1, 2011 and ending on the day which a new collective agreement between the employer and the union comes into effect.”
18. (1) of Bill C-6 states: “An individual who contravenes any provisions of this Act is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable, for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues, to a fine of
(a) not more than $50,000.00 if the individual was acting in the capacity of an officer or representative of the employer or the union when the offence was committed; or
(b) not more than $1,000.00 in any ther case.
(c) If the employer or the union contravenes any provisions of this Act, it is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable, for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues , to a fine of not more than $100,000.00
A strong and clear message must be sent to Canada Post.
CPC had better wise up and stop their despicable and underhanded tactics otherwise it is going to cost the Corporation and their “Key Figures” some major kaching!!!!!
You wanted the legislation Canada Post, So Deal With It!!!!!
*posted July 4, 2011, updated July 7, 2011