LOCAL 846
March 29,2021
Following the resignation of Joseph Henderson-McCance, there is a vacancy in the role of Chief Shop Steward, External, MSC.
6.11 CHIEF STEWARDS:
A. Shall be elected officers and voting members of the Executive Committee.
B. Shall be members of the Grievance Committee.
From the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian people have been unfairly vilified and scapegoated as responsible for the virus and its spread. This has led to an increase in anti-Asian racism, around the world, including in our country.
A new report from the Chinese Canadian National Council, tallied over 1,000 incidents of anti-Asian racism since the beginning of the pandemic. These incidents range from physical and public assaults, vandalism, and racial slurs and epithets to name a few.
The National Executive Board has selected Sister Nancy Beauchamp, National Director of the Metro Montreal Region, as Chief Negotiator of the RSMC negotiating committee and Sister Lana Smidt, National Director of the Prairie Region, as Chief Negotiator of the Urban Postal Operations (UPO) negotiating committee.
Let’s celebrate the month of Women’s achievements by sharing the journey of CUPW Women in leadership roles. This event is an open invitation to all and will be hosted online via Zoom.
My name is Kate Holowatiuk. I am a Letter Carrier in Victoria and the 2nd VP of Local 850.
I am honoured to be working as the Pacific Campaign Coordinator for the Delivering Community Power campaign. The campaign has been relaunched with 9 Coordinators representing 8 Regions. …………. Continue reading here
Saturday March 27 at 10am
Zoom Video/Phone Conference
You must register in advance for this meeting. Registration Deadline: Friday March 26 @10am
*Due to the information needed to be sent to participants, and the time required to authenticate registrations, all participants must register by the deadline above. *Admission to the meeting will close fifteen (15) minutes from the start of the meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions set out by the Provincial Health Authority on public gatherings during COVID-19 pandemic, the Vancouver local will be conducting the 2021 annual election at the Union Hall at 111 Victoria Drive in Vancouver.
With no end in sight in easing these restrictions on gatherings and social distancing we need to look at an alternate solution to conduct the 2021 elections. Due to these restrictions we are unable to use any Canada Post facility or retain rental properties to safely carry out our election.
Therefore, elections will take place at the Union hall at 111 Victoria Drive, Vancouver. As access to the building is restricted, we will hold our election in the lobby of the Maritime Labour Centre. The parking lot entrance is just west of Victoria Drive on Pandora Street.
There is one (1) position on the Executive Committee that will require a secret ballot election:
Chief Shop Steward
PPC Internal #1 Shift/Wickets/Group 1
The balloting schedule for this positios will be as follows as, set forth by the balloting committee in accordance with Article 9.6 of the Vancouver Local Bylaws.
Friday, March 19, 2021 8:00am – 4:00pm
Sunday, March 21, 2021 8:00am – 4:00pm
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 8:00am – 4:00pm
Friday, March 26, 2021 8:00am – 12:00pm
REMINDER: ONLY MEMBERS WHO HOLD AN ASSIGNMENT ON #1 SHIFT IN GROUP 1 ARE ELIDGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE ABOVE ELECTION
Please ensure you bring your CPC ID with you. There will be more information to follow. We wish all of the candidate’s good luck.
“Due to the inability to conduct our elections at each individual installation, all shop stewards who are running for positions will be appointed until the 2022 election, at which point they will need to officially run again. All shop stewards who ran in this election meet the criteria for eligibility, as per Article 9.4 of the Vancouver Local Bylaws”.
In Solidarity,
Vancouver Local Balloting Committee