On March 8, 2011, the National Executive Board of CUPW unanimously adopted a resolution to conduct a strike vote.
The voting period will run from March 25th to April 17th. The Vancouver local is now in the process of scheduling and securing venues for our strike vote meetings. As soon as we have firm dates, locations and times we will send out bulletins and post the schedule here.It is extremely important that we have a large turnout and return a strong “YES” vote to Ottawa. A strong “YES” vote will send a message to Canada Post management that they had better be willing to negotiate if they want to avoid a work stoppage.
When you attend one of the scheduled meetings, you will be receiving the latest news from the bargaining tables and will be voting by secret ballot on the following resolution:
Recommendation of the National Executive Board :
WHEREAS after over five months of negotiations there are many major issues in dispute;
WHEREAS there is a need to negotiate improvements in areas such as wages, benefits, pensions, rights of temporary employees, health and safety and full-time job opportunities ;
WHEREAS the employer’s demands do not meet our needs and contain unacceptable rollbacks concerning sick leave, working conditions, seniority, letter carrier workload, wages, benefits, retiree benefits, and hours of work, pensions and benefits for new employees;
WHEREAS in order to assist the National Negotiating Committee to negotiate a collective agreement that meets the needs of CUPW members it is necessary to have a strong strike mandate;
Therefore be it resolved that the National Executive Board unanimously recommends you vote Yes to authorize the National Executive Board to call strike activities if necessary to achieve our demands, stop the employer’s rollbacks and improve the service to the public.