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		<title>Harper Conservative Government &amp; Bill C &#8211; 38</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Harper Conservative government is ramming through far-reaching legislation that will forever change how Canadians live and work. Among the many changes in Bill C-38 that are of grave concern: - Increasing the use of Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada’s workforce while simultaneously allowing employers to pay these workers 15% less than minimum standards. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/05/harper-conservaqtive-government-bill-c-38/</link>
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		<title>RSMC Negotiations &amp; Information Meeting &#8211; May 17, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be an RSMC Information Meeting at 7:00 pm on Thursday May 17, 2012 at the Quality Inn Hotel (4804 Edmonton Trail NE Calgary). Donald Lafleur, the CUPW 4th National Vice-President and Chief Negotiator for the new RSMC collective agreement will be in attendance to answer your questions and address your concerns. For more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/05/rsmc-negotiations-information-meeting-may-17-2012/</link>
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		<title>Another Legal Victory for CUPW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Legal Victory for CUPW Federal Court of Canada Orders Stay of Proceedings Urban Operations Bargaining Unit On May 11, 2012 the Union received notice that Arbitrator Dufort will not be able to proceed until our challenge to his appointment has been heard by the Federal Court of Canada. Federal Court – Judge Francois Lemieux [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/05/another-legal-victory-for-cupw/</link>
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		<title>MSC Consultations (May 7, 2012)-Bidding for Postal Transformation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To-day, we had consultation about MSC’s bidding to the Letter Carrier depots for the Postal Transformation restructures. Some MSC’s will choose by seniroty to bid to the Letter Carrier Depots while some will choose by seniority to stay as MSC’s. It all depends on seniority. The main part of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/05/msc-consultations-may-7-2012-bidding-for-postal-transformation/</link>
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		<title>May Day Was A Huge Success!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May Day Was A Huge Success!!! Hundreds of members came to the Local Union office to celebrate Calgary Local’s First Annual International Workers Day. As you know, May 1st is recognized as a day to commemorate the historic struggles of workers as well as express our hopes and dreams for a better future.  Did you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/05/may-day-was-a-huge-success/</link>
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		<title>President&#8217;s Report &#8211; April 29, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Day of Mourning:   Quite the discussion occurred between the Local and the Local Employer about the Day of Mourning-the day when we honour and remember all of those who had died on the job or had been killed on the job.  There was no dispute that recognition of it would occur, the  dispute arose over what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/04/presidents-report-april-29-2012/</link>
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		<title>Consultation Update &#8211; April 24, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To-day (April 24, 2012) we had consultation with the Employer about:  (1) changes to  some of the 5-ton MSC tours  (2) changes to the Pubs &#38; Ads section. The Employer knew in advance that the above changes would occur; yet sent the union notification of the changes to the tours on April 12, 2012 with expectations of implementation to occur [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/04/consultation-update-april-24-2012/</link>
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		<title>CUPW to Challenge Appointment of Arbitrator Dufort</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 14, 2012 the Minister of Labour (Lisa Raitt) appointed Guy Dufort as the new arbitrator in the Final Offer Selection (FOS) arbitration between the CUPW – Urban Operations Bargaining Unit and Canada Post Corporation (CPC). Due to the fact that Mr. Dufort had represented CPC for five years in the Public Service Alliance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/04/cupw-to-challenge-appointment-of-arbitrator-dufort/</link>
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		<title>President&#8217;s Latest &#8211; April 15, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transportation:   Seems the management types for Transportation didn’t know 5-tons were to be used to move the mail from the East to the West dock / West dock to East dock. Yesterday (April 12, 2012) we received notification that this was to happen but as of this writing we haven’t been informed if any of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/04/the-shafter-april-15-2012/</link>
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		<title>WCB Payments &amp; Your 2012 Income Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following information is general in nature only.  The Union does not provide income tax advice.  If you have questions or concerns see a tax accountant or call the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for information about your individual tax situation. However, it is important to remember that Canada Post is considered a self insured employer. What [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cupwcalgary.org/2012/03/wcb-payments-your-2012-income-tax/</link>
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