November General Membership Meeting

Saturday, November 27th at 10am
Zoom Video/Phone Conference

You must register in advance for this meeting. Registration Deadline: Friday, November 26th at 10am.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcempqjwvHdUz5Tub4632zd–y3BHPPbd

*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.

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HOW TO ATTEST TO YOUR VACCINATION STATUS AND WHAT TO DO NEXT

Bulletin #312                                                          November 3, 2021

This bulletin is to give more details on how to attest to your vaccination status, and what to do next.

While this is a Canada Post Corporation practice, not CUPW’s, we are doing our best to prepare members to make informed choices. These are the latest details as provided by CPC to CUPW on October 29, 2021.

                               HOW TO ATTEST

If you’re actively at work, you’ll attest by calling the toll-free number 1-833-433-1442 by November 12, 2021. If you’re not actively at work, you’ll be expected to attest before returning to work.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CANADA POST AND THE VACCINE MANDATE

On October 6, the federal government announced that Crown Corporations like Canada Post would implement workplace vaccine policies that aligned with federal public service vaccination guidelines. Canada Post has now released its vaccination practice. The practice comes into effect October 29, 2021 and will apply nationally to all Canada Post employees, contractors, and visitors to Canada Post facilities.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW                                       

  • Members will have to “attest” their vaccination status between October 29 and November 12, 2021.
  • Between November 12 and November 26, CPC will follow up with members who have not provided their vaccination status, to remind them that it is required to work. After November 26, members who refuse to comply will be deemed unwilling and be placed on Leave Without Pay.
  • Members who are fully vaccinated will continue to report to work as usual.
  • Members attesting as partially vaccinated or as intending to become fully vaccinated, must be fully vaccinated by January 29, 2022. These members will continue to work, but will be required to perform rapid testing prior to entering the workplace twice a week until they are fully vaccinated.
  • Those who attest as unable to be vaccinated* will have to provide relevant information to CPC so their accommodation requests can be evaluated.
  • Those who attest as unwilling to be vaccinated, or considered as such under the practice, will be placed on Leave Without Pay.
  • Rapid testing will not be available for members who are unwilling to be vaccinated.

*Members who cannot be vaccinated for reasons that meet any of the relevant prohibited grounds of the Canadian Human Rights Act will be accommodated. You have the right to full Union representation throughout this accommodation process and CUPW will ensure your rights are protected.

If you’re unable, or unwilling to be fully vaccinated, we will be communicating more details about your requirements and/or options. The vast majority of members are fully vaccinated, and we continue to encourage vaccination as the best way to protect yourself, your family and co-workers. We will continue to ensure our workplaces are safe and defend your rights.

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In Solidarity,

Carl Girouard,

National Grievance Officer

CANADA POST STOPS PCI RECOVERY EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Bulletin #306                                                 October 21, 2021

During the ratification vote meetings held in August and early September, we
realized that there was a major point of confusion and misinformation for RSMCs surrounding Personal Contact Items (PCI) alleged overpayments and the recovery. To clarify, in accordance with the terms of the agreement to renew the RSMC collective agreement for two years, the following changes have been implemented with respect to the retroactive recovery of alleged overpayments in relation to the annualized total of Personal Contact Items delivered.

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40 YEARS OF CANADA POST CORPORATION

Looking Back on a CUPW Victory with Long-Term  Effects on Our Working Conditions

October 16 is the 40th anniversary of the creation of Canada Post Corporation under the Canada Post Corporation Act, intended to make the postal service more autonomous: to help it compete against other parcel and courier services, to maintain financial self-sufficiency, and to improve labour relations in the postal service after several conflicts in the 1970s and 80s.

Among other things, the Act defines a letter, and grants Canada Post its “exclusive privilege” to deliver letter-mail, while leaving it to compete with private-sector operators in other products and services. The CPC Act was actually passed unanimously in the House of Commons!

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October General Membership Meeting * Amended*

Thursday, October 28 at 7pm
Zoom Video/Phone Conference

You must register in advance for this meeting. Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 27 @7pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd–rpzMpG9fEzvFYhcQ8mSbk4t3Ftc5U

*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.

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