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.**

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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CANADA LIFE FORM FOR PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK FROM COVID-19

Since the beginning of July 2020, workers with a medical condition deemed high risk and who had to stay home following the COVID-19 outbreak have been given a form prepared by Canada Life. This form was to be completed by a physician and was intended to determine if you should remain on leave or if you were fit to return to work. If you received this form, here’s what you need to know.

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Disability and Life Insurance Adjustments and Retroactivity and Pension Adjustments For Retirees

On June 11, 2020, Arbitrator MacPherson imposed wage increases for the four (4) years of both urban and RSMC collective agreements of 2%, 2%, 2.5% and 2.9%.

Retirees who worked at CPC after February 1st, 2018 for Urban and after January 1st, 2018 for RSMCs are also entitled to retroactivity on all the time paid after these dates as the case may be.

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2020 ELECTIONS TO RESUME

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the Vancouver local was forced to postpone the 2020 annual election. With no end in sight to restrictions on gatherings and social distancing we need to look at an alternate solution to conduct the 2020 elections. Due to these restrictions we are unable to use any Canada Post facility to carry out our election.

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