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CPC’S RECENT ATTACK ON DAY SHIFT & HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS

Hello All,                                                                                                    July 13th,2023

We wanted to provide an update on the consultations Vancouver local and the employer had on June 21st, June 28th and on July 6th. Vancouver local was represented by your 2nd VP Raylene Marshall, VP 3 Bryan Schuck, President Anju Parmar along with PPC Executive Shop Stewards Zenaida Garcia, Helen De Guzman and Yogesh Sharma.

On July 6, 2023 Vancouver local had a final consult regarding the Canada Posts proposed mini bid for PPC.  In our first consult Canada Post had proposed drastic staffing cuts in shift 2 due to “changes in the business mode”.  FROM THE INITIAL CONSULT CUPW OBJECTED AND DISAGREED WITH ANY NEGATIVE CHANGES TO THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS ON SHIFT 2. After having many discussions with the employer, it was very clear that the Employer was not willing to keep the schedule status quo, Vancouver Local gave multiple suggestions to find a way to reduce the impact on our members.  The employer came back with 3 different proposals and the one they are using we felt minimized the impact on our members, Including casuals. We want to ensure members that VANCOUVER LOCAL ALWAYS OBJECTED TO ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT ROSTER.  We believe in a work\life balance and want our members to have a stable schedule to rely on.  We never want members moving mid-year, unless it is done by our members on volition. Union will always fight for our work in group1 to be pushed to day shift in group 1.  We will always demand that the employer adhere to the Collective Agreement and move as much work as possible to day shift. If more positions are needed in any shift we ask the employer to create positions, instead of moving them.

25 positions will be displaced from VEO and It is very Important for those who will be DISPLACED to bid in monthly bid to OBTAIN the permanent position.

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CLASSIFICATION POSITIONS
AIR PARCELS

 

 

 

 FT PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

PT PO4

Shift 2

Shift 3

  

24

6

22

 

18

8
PDSL

 

 

 FT PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

PT P04

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

 

  

8

7

7

 

4

4

4
GROUND PARCELS

 

 

 

 FT PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

 

PT P04

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

  

105

52

100

 

 

32

32

36
PACKETS

 

 

 

 FT P04

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

 

PT P04 

Shift 2

Shift 3

  

28

5

24

 

 

24

15
VEO INBOUND

 

 

 

 FT   PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

  

52

67

67
VEO OUTBOUND

 

 

 

 FT PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

 

PT PO4

Shift 3

  

14

13

10

 

 

7
RT&D PPC

 

 

RT&D PIF

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

Shift 1

Shift 3

 35

27

36

4

6

Union will be visiting the work floors next week. If you have any questions, please free to contact   your Executive Shop Steward on the floor or call the office at (604) 685-6581.

In Solidarity,

 Bryan Schuck                            Raylene Marshall                  Anju Parmar

 3rd Vice President                     2nd Vice President                 President

 

 

                          

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETING

Saturday July 22nd at 11 AM
Zoom Video/Phone Conference

Register in advance for this meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-irqzMiG9LIHP3Y9J-Ijt-2cj-TAoPf

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Registration will close at 11 am on Friday July 21st.

The Vancouver Local is having a Human Rights Committee Meeting.

Introduction to your National Human Rights Committee members.

If you have any specific agenda items to discuss at the committee meeting, please send it via email at [email protected]

In Solidarity,

Anju Parmar, President

on behalf of Local Human Rights Committee

** Sign language interpreter is confirmed**

 

 

 

 

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Apply now! Become a Regional External Organizer

July 11, 2023

CUPW is currently seeking worker organizers in each region to assist with CUPW external organizing campaigns. The position will begin September 2023 and will be up for renewal every six months pending the direction of the campaign. The successful candidate will be tasked with collaborating with the 3rd National Vice-President, their Regional office, and the Locals involved in the campaign.

Responsibilities

• Work with CUPW locals and regions in the development and coordination of the organizing campaign as determined by the National Executive Board;
• Identify, assess, and recommend organizing targets, in collaboration with the CUPW organizing department;
• Worksite mapping and contact list building;
• Maintain database of workers;
• Develop organizing campaign plans – including objectives and timelines;
• Conduct outreach to workers – identify and train workplace leaders;
• Prepare regular reports on campaigns.

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CUPW Supports the ILWU Workers Right to Strike

OTTAWA – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is urging the B.C. Maritime Employers Association to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair deal that meets the needs of the almost 7,500 port workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU).

Key issues remaining include fair wages, protections against automation, and the contracting out of maintenance work.

“These workers want wages that support their families and communities, and they want to know that their jobs are valued and secure,” says Jan Simpson, CUPW National President. “CUPW is offering our full support and solidarity to the members of ILWU as their fight is a fight for all Canadian workers.”

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Apply Now for the Urban Negotiating Committee

The National Executive Board has selected Lana Smidt as Lead Negotiator of the Urban Negotiating Committee.

It’s time to call for applications from members who are interested in serving on the negotiating committees for our two biggest bargaining units – Urban Postal Operations (UPO) and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC).

Our current UPO collective agreement expires on January 31, 2024. Preparations for negotiations are underway. Members have proposed demands at membership meetings, and regional councils are currently discussing and forwarding the demands they recommend. The National Executive Board (NEB) expects to put together our program of demands in August for the membership to ratify.

Meanwhile, we will assemble the Committee. As set out in Article 6.11 of the CUPW constitution, the UPO committee will include at least one woman, one francophone and one anglophone.

It’s one of the most important jobs at the core of our Union’s work; please consider it carefully.

Responsibilities of a Negotiating Committee member

  • Negotiators are responsible for presenting members’ demand to Canada Post, under the direction of the Chief Negotiator and the National Executive Board, in an attempt to negotiate a collective agreement.
  • Negotiators are responsible for researching specific demands and defending the rationale behind demands to representatives of Canada Post.
  •  Upon completion of negotiations, negotiators prepare a report for the next negotiating committee.

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JULY GMM

General Membership Meeting
SATURDAY, July 29th at 10am

The meeting will be held in person at:
The Maritime Labour Centre
1880 Triumph Street
(Parking available in the rear off Pandora Street)

AGENDA FOR THE JULY GMM:

1. Land Acknowledgment
2. Reading of Truth and Reconciliation: Calls to Action
3. Reading of new members
4. Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes
5. Business arising out of the minutes
6. New Business
7. Nominations and elections:
1. Education Director

 2. Executive steward (MSC)
 3. Executive Steward (external)

 4. Organization Committee (1)

8. Executive Committee Motions
9. Unfinished business
10. Correspondence
11. Executive and Committee Reports
12. Good and Welfare
13. Adjournment

In Solidarity,

Anju Parmar, President
Vancouver Local                    lb/CUPE-3888

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Urban COLA Payment on the Way for First Quarter of 2023

Our Cost of Living Allowance will take effect for the fourth consecutive quarter to help members deal with inflation.

Please note, the information below is subject to change should we win our National Grievance (N00-22-00005). In dispute is the date of the base month for the calculations of COLA amounts owed. Canada Post Corporation has confirmed that it will pay the COLA payments as below, calculated in accordance with their position on the base month.

AMOUNTS

The COLA is reviewed and paid quarterly, if required. The quarter in question is February to April 2023.

In CPC’s view, the base month for the COLA in the contract renewal is January 2022. The January 2022 CPI was 145.3, so the adjusted index for comparison is 153.0. The April 2023 CPI was 156.4, which exceeds the adjusted index by 3.4.

Therefore, Urban members will be paid a COLA of 67 cents ($0.67) per hour for hours paid in that three-month period.

SAMPLE CALCULATION

The allowance is calculated for all hours paid from February 1st to April 30th, so calculations will vary from member to member. As a baseline though, a member who worked full time throughout the quarter will have 504 hours excluding overtime. At 67 cents ($0.67) per hour, the Cost of Living Allowance would be $337.68.

The payments are scheduled to be paid as a lump sum on your July 6, 2023 pay.

In Solidarity,

Carl Girouard
National Grievance Officer
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