Report of the President to the General Membership Meeting        January 29, 2012.  Hot off the press: “A federal court inMontreal has overturned Minister of Labour Lisa Raitt’s appointment of retired judge Coulter Osbourne to arbitrate the labour dispute and ordered Raitt to appoint a bilingual arbitrator with labour relations experience.” Group 1    (In the Plant):    [...]

The Latest – Friday January 20, 2012 Contrary to what your supervisory-types would have you believe, the old Collective Agreement is still in effect. ALL OF IT. Bill C-6 (that ordered us back to work after the Lockout) says: (Part) 6.(1) “The term of the collective agreement is extended to include the period beginning on [...]

CUPW 2011 National Convention Six hundred and thirty members of the Canadian Union  of Postal Workers (CUPW) gathered in Toronto, from October 23,  to 28, 2011 for our 24th National Triennial Convention, in order to make changes to the articles and policies of the CUPW National Constitution.  Elections also took place for all of the [...]

 Arbitrator C. A. Osborne Resigns CUPW welcomes the resignation of Judge Cloutier A. Osborne as the Minister of Labour’s appointed arbitrator to the Urban Bargaining Unit’s collective agreement.  For more information view the following postings on the “Bulletin” page of this website:  -  a copy of Arbitrator C. A. Osborne’s letter of resignation to Lisa [...]

Report of the President General Membership Meeting October 16, 2011 Meetings about Postal Transformation have been ongoing. Every two weeks we meet so the Employer can update us on what is occurring in this area and to sometimes be able to answer our questions. On Friday October 21, 2011, after all the letter carries have [...]

Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers Gear Up for Negotiations The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Canada Post are going back to the bargaining table. Yesterday, CUPW gave notice to Canada Post to commence bargaining for its 7000 member Rural and Suburban Mail Carrier (RSMC) unit. These negotiations represent a historic opportunity to bridge [...]

Urban Negotiations Update - October 7, 2011 Arbitrator Osborne’s – First Order Canada Post (CPC) states there were 3 issues settled.  CUPW says there were 43 issues settled.  Arbitrator Osborne believes that there is a 40 issue gap, assuming CPC’s 3 settled issues are part of the Union’s 43 settled issue list.  CPC’s lawyer (Mary Gleason) said [...]

Report of the President General Membership Meeting – September 25, 2011 Two RSMC routes out of Endiang and one route out of Byemoor are to be moved to Hanna. These are RR1 & RR 2 in Endiang. After talking to an RSMC in Endiang, there is also a third Rural Routethat had previously moved from [...]

 As more and more Canadians are in the paper because of harsh actions taken against them by their employer, respected leaders in our communities speak out against that harsh treatment. Read the following article that was written on Thursday September 1st, 2011 by Bishop F. B. Henry, of the Catholic Diocese of Calgary.  Click on the [...]

Report of the President General Membership Meeting – August 28, 2011. A great man passed away on Monday, August 22, 2011 – Jack Layton.  He stood for regular Canadians, pensions, public service and all of those ideals we hold so dear.  This was demonstrated in spades when he fought in the House of Commons for [...]

On September 29, 2011 the Urban Bargaining Uniit will receive their Retro pay.  This is 42 cents per hour  from February 1, 2011 until  September 29, 2011.  For more information check out the “Bulletin Page” on this website and read the bulletin entitled “CPC To Implement Pay Increase”    This bulletin also includes information on the follow-up, Tuesday August 16, [...]

Aren’t things just a “hoppin”? The Employer took away many of our benefits and etitlements for June and the grievances are coming in thick and fast.  A National Policy Grievance has been submitted, but, each member must grieve individually in order to show what grief the Employer did to him or her.  Each person is affected differently so if [...]

RSMC UPDATE  -   July 13, 2011 CHANGE ??? Nobody likes change. CPC has figured out that nobody likes change. That’s why CPC is treating the RSMC’s  just like the Urbans in contract negotiations! RSMC’s “opener” for 2008 and then: October, 2009 CUPW meet with Employer. Employer stalls talks. January, 2010 CUPW applies for arbitration. Arbitrator [...]

President’s Update:   -  Tuesday July 12, 2011 So Deepak Chopra (Deep-Cut Chopra) came from somewhere into a $497,100.00 per year job. Last year his increase was 1.5% = $7,456.50  We are asking for 3%.   But, Mr. Chopra, that is 3% of $24.15 per hour, not of $497,100.00 !!!  SHAME ——————————————————————————– No arbitrator has been appointed [...]

Is CPC trying to force us to Strike? First: they jerked around with our pay. Then: when we were forced to return to work, they wouldn’t allow all of the mail to be delivered. The Latest: not crediting us with annual leave and sick leave earned during the month of June! Don’t ask what they’ll [...]

Little Known Fact: Australians love beets and even serve them with their burgers.  In Australia beets are served with almost everything due to their natural ability to help stop body swelling resulting from heat and high temperatures. We finally managed to obtain the recipe for Kelly’s incredible and deliciously different and delectable  ”Beet” Harper Burgers. However, the idea for [...]

We Did It!!!!!!! We stood up for our rights against a $6 Billion per year Corporation. We maintained our solidarity against their draconian demands and then their stressful and hurtful actions.  They sent home temps, took away our benefits, cut our hours, and locked us out all in an attempt to make us give up. [...]

LET’S CLARIFY  -  LET’S UNSPIN THE SPIN   CPC says: “mail volumes have dropped off dramatically  / by 17% since 2006″ FACT -  the 2008 recession reducded mail volumes but: as the economy recovered, mail volumes increased and during last Christmas mail volumes were  higher than the year before. internet commerce is and has created increasing volumes in parcels [...]