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POSITIVE COVID CASE PPC

Today September 24, the Union was notified that someone who works at the PPC in Ground Parcels #2 shift has tested positive for Covid-19.  The person last worked on Sunday September 20.

Today Canada Post has sent everyone from the ground parcels #2 shift section home and through provincially mandated contact tracing, anyone who may be at risk of exposure will be contacted. CPC said they will be doing a deep clean of all affected areas and contact points throughout the facility.

Should you have any concerns please contact your supervisor and/or call 811.

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Forest Fires and Air Quality

Once again, forest fires have hit Western Canada and threaten nearby communities. They also affect air quality, which will make physical work even more difficult in the weeks ahead for postal workers.

People with respiratory issues could be at greater risk and must monitor the situation closely.

Due to the high number of forest fires in recent years, Canada Post and CUPW have put in place a Functional Policy on Air Quality for Employees Working Outside.

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September General Membership Meeting

Saturday, September 26, 2020, at 10 a.m.
Zoom Video/Phone Conference

You must register in advance for this meeting. Registration Deadline Friday September 25 @10a.m:

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*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.

AGENDA FOR THE SEPTEMBER GMM:

  1. Land Acknowledgment
  2. Reading of new members
  3. Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes
  4. Business arising out of the minutes
  5. Financials
  6. New Business
  7. Nominations and elections:
    1. Regional Conference Delegates (15)
    2. Regional Conference Delegates Alternates (8)
    3. MSC Route Evaluation Committee (minimum 4)
    4. Letter Carrier Walk Evaluation Committee (minimum 4)
    5. By-Laws Committee (3)
    6. Conflict Resolution Committee (2)
    7. Conflict Resolution Committee Alternates (2)
    8. V.D.L.C. Delegates (9)
    9. V.D.L.C. Delegates Alternates (3)
    10. Balloting Committee (4)
    11. Health & Safety Committee (minimum 9)
    12. Education Committee (3)
    13. Organization Committee (3)
    14. Publications Committee (5)
  8. Executive Committee Motions
  9. Unfinished business
  10. Correspondence
  11. Executive and Committee Reports
  12. Good and Welfare
  13. Adjournment

In Solidarity,

Chris Zukowsky, President

**Sign language interpreters have been confirmed.**

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August General Membership Meeting

Thursday, August 27, 2020, at 7 P.m.
Zoom Video/Phone Conference*

AGENDA FOR THE AUGUST GMM: 

  1. Land Acknowledgment
  2. Reading of new members
  3. Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes
  4. Business arising out of the minutes
  5. Financials
  6. New Business
  7. Nominations and elections: 
    1. Balloting Committee (5)
    2. Health & Safety Committee (Minimum 9)
    3. Education Committee (8)
    4. Organization Committee (8)
    5. Publications Committee (8)
    6. Trustees Alternate (1) 
  1. Executive Committee Motions
  2. Unfinished business
  3. Correspondence
  4. Executive and Committee Reports
  5. Good and Welfare
  6. Adjournment

In Solidarity,

Chris Zukowsky, President

 

 

 

**Sign Language Interpreters have been confirmed.

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Answering Your Questions: CUPW Wage Experience

Members often ask how our wages have increased compared to inflation. Following the merger of the bargaining units, the first urban collective agreement freely negotiated without legislation, took effect as of February 1, 1995.  Since then CUPW negotiated six times for the urban unit. On three occasions, we were legislated back to work. We also successfully negotiated collective agreements without strikes on three occasions. The urban unit suffered under government-imposed wage freezes for two years (1995 and 1996) and CUPW was forced to agree to a one-year wage freeze in 2012 to preserve our pensions.

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