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June 8, 2011  –  19:25

Strike / Negotiations Alert

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For Immediate Release – June 8, 2011 – 18:00

OTTAWA – As Clagary and Edmonton go in, over 800 postal workers in verious locationsacross the country will take their place on the picket lines at 11:30 pm EDT tonight.

The CUPW union locals going out on strike are:

Labrador City, Labrador
Acadie-Bathurst, New Brunswick
Summerside, P.E.I.
Ste.Therese, Quebec
Ste. Jerome, Quebec
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Hearst, Ontario
Brantford, Ontario
St.Thomas, Ontario
Flin Flon, Manitoba
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Whitehorse, Yukon
Vernon, B.C.

All shifts within this 24-hour period will be struck.

“We need to maintain and create good jobs, no cut back on jobs in our communities,” said Denis Lemelin, CUPW National President and chief negotiator.  “Smaller communities also benefit from having access to increased services at their post offices.  We are asking Canada Post to address these demands.”

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers continues its rotating strikes to put pressure on Canada Post’s negotiators to settle an acceptable collective agreement.  The union has been negotiating for eight months but the profitable Crown Corporation continues to dismiss important health and safety issues.  It also continues to reject the postal workers’ proposals for innovation and service expansion.

June 8, 2011  –  16:00

Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) / Bulletin

Negotiations Bulletin no. 60

For several years, Canada Post Corporation has boasted that it was selected as one of the Top 100 employers in Canada, by Mediacorp Canada Inc.  The criteria used for the selection includes health benefits, financial benefits, vacation and time off, training and skills development, employee communications and community involvement.

Postal workers always knew that the real reason CPC won this award, was due to the collective agreement provisions that have been fought for by the members, and negotiated by the union, often over fierce opposition by the employer.

Continue reading “CPC Top 100 Employer? The Truth Exposed”

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June 7, 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers – Vancouver Local 846 announced that Canada Post Corporation ceased delivery on multiple routes throughout the Vancouver area beginning on Monday, June 6, 2011. For many residences and businesses mail delivery was suspended due to management laying-off workers who were assigned to these routes. Local President, Robert Mulvin, stated “The rotating strike actions which have been taking place in other parts of the country are designed to minimize the impact to customers while impressing upon the employer that we want a fair, negotiated settlement without roll-backs. The corporation has enjoyed 16 years of profitability with record profits recorded in the heart of the global recession. In this light, roll-backs to our contract are unacceptable to our membership.” Continue reading “June 7, 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: News Release”

Calgary and Edmonton to Strike Tonight

This evening, at midnight local time, Victoria B.C. and Moncton N.B. will return to work.  Tonight, Calgary will commence strike action at 9:00 p.m. local time and Edmonton will join them at 10:00 p.m. local time.  The job actions in both cities will last 24 hours.

These locations were chosen to highlight the adverse impact on postal service resulting from inadequate staffing.  Both cities have experienced service problems as routes have not been delivered due to staff shortages, and postal workers have been required to perform forced overtime.

Benefits cut off

Canada Post prematurely chose to suspend the collective agreement and cutoff all benefits including leaves to the members of CUPW effective from the moment we served 72 hour strike notice. This has had a huge negative impact on members who are ill, injured or even just those who have scheduled a June vacation.  This is happening in all locals whether or not they are actually off the job.

The Union strongly disagrees with Canada Post’s legal right to take this action. While there is a National Policy grievance being filed, all individuals affected by this should file their own grievances as well.

Continue reading “Benefits cut off”

Negotiations Alert: June 6, 2011

Tonight at 11:30 p.m. EDT, postal service in Montreal will resume.  At midnight local time, CUPW will commence a 24-hour strike action in Victoria, B.C. and Moncton, N.B.

These locations were chosen because they both have experienced significant deterioration of postal service, due to changes in mail processing, introduced by Canada Post Corporation.