Category: Bulletins

VANCOUVER LOCAL OFFICE MAY 13 to 17

During the week of May 13 to 17 the Vancouver Local Office will operating with a reduced staff as the majority of the local executive is attending the National CUPW Quadrennial Convention.

The Officers will have limited access to their email during this time. If there is an emergency or you require immediate assistance please contact:

Audrey Grant A/1st Vice-President  604-685-6581 ext #1

or

Joseph Henderson McCance A/Grievance Officer 604-685-6581 ext #5

If your matter is not urgent in nature, please speak to a shop steward or, you can email one of the officers. Officers emails are located at the “Contact Us” tab on our website.

We appreciate your patience and would like to thank you for your understanding.

In Solidarity,

CUPW Vancouver Local Executive

Sunday May 26^th, 2019, at 1 p.m.
The Maritime Labour Centre*

50/50 tickets will be available throughout, with the draw at end of the GMM.

AGENDA FOR THE MAY GMM: 

1. Reading of new members
2. Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes
3. Business arising out of the minutes
4. New Business:
5. Nominations and elections:
   1. Organization Committee (3)
   2. Publications Committee (1)
6. Financials
7. Executive Committee Motions
8. Unfinished business
9. Correspondence
10. Executive and Committee Reports
11. Good and Welfare
12. Adjournment 

In Solidarity, 

Chris Zukowsky

President

* Please note there is free parking in the rear of the building off of Pandora St. and access to the building is from this parking area.

Sign Language Interpreters have been confirmed.

 

May 10, 2019

Bulletin # 077 

We have now completed 12 days of hearings on our collective agreement(s) arbitration.

Day 10 

The tenth day of the arbitration consisted of the expert testimony from Dr. Richard Shillington on the percentage of coverage for letter carrier routes. Some of the key issues about this formula are:

• It is based on data that is over 30 years old
• Mail volumes have changed dramatically which impacts the calculation of percentage of coverage

Click here for more

Bicycle and car couriers in the Toronto area working for Foodora, an app-based food delivery company, have been working with our organizers in a campaign to join CUPW. The couriers are fighting for better health and safety protections, fair compensation for they work they perform, and for the right to join a union. continue reading here

Bulletin #529

May 7, 2019

On May 1^st, the Consultative Committee on Benefits (CCB) had their annual spring meeting. The CCB committee consists of three unions: CUPW, Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Canadian Post Masters and Assistants Association (CPAA) as well as Canada Post.

No Premium Increase 

At the spring meeting, we discuss the costs of our benefits and whether there will be a change in premiums. It has been decided that there will be no change in premiums for the next year. The monthly premiums will continue to be:

Benefit	Single Coverage	Family Coverage
EHCP RSMCs <12 hours	$1.14	$2.05
EHCP all others	$5.39	$9.72
Dental	$1.47	$3.28
Basic Life Insurance	$16.00*	n/a
Disability Insurance	$81.00*	n/a

*based on an employee with an annual salary of $50,000

The premium holiday for Hospital Option A and B is also maintained.

Benefit Provider

 At the May 1^st meeting Canada Post also informed us that they have put out a Request for Proposal (RFP) for all their benefit providers. Currently Great West Life is the benefit provider for EHCP, Dental, Vision and Hearing and Short Term Disability. Sun Life is the provider for Long Term Disability and Homewood is the provider for the Employee Assistance Program.

At this moment we do not know the impact, if any, it will have on the members but we have provisions in the Collective Agreements, which prevents changes in benefit levels. Once we know more we will update you.

Solidarity!

Cathy Kennedy

Negotiating Committee Member

Joanne Gomercich

National Union Representative

Grievance & Arbitration

 

May 3, 2019

Islam is not our enemy. Faithful and generous people are not a burden. Ignorance, stupidity and hatred should be our targets, not people of faith. Whether Jews in a California or Pittsburgh synagogue, Christians in a Sri Lankan cathedral, or worshippers at mosques in Quebec City or New Zealand, this can and must stop. Keep on reading

May 3,2019

Bulletin # 076

There have been many questions on how the retroactive wage increases will impact the pensions of those members who retired after December 31, 2017 (RSMC) or January 31, 2018 (Urban Ops) and those planning on retiring before the arbitrator’s decision is implemented. Canada Post has confirmed that the retroactivity shall apply to both wage increases and pension calculations.

Retroactive Wage Increases

Any members who have or will retire in the above mentioned period, will receive a retroactive payment, based on the wage increases for each day during this period that they received pay from Canada Post. There will be pension contributions withheld from this payment. Both CUPW and CPC have proposed wage increases for each year of the new collective agreements. However, we do not know yet how much those wage increases will be, as they shall be determined by the arbitrator.

Pension Retroactivity

• Those who retired after December 31, 2017 (RSMC) or January 31, 2018 (Urban Ops) will have their pension entitlement recalculated based on the wage increases and will receive a retroactive payment on their pension
• This adjusted pension amount will also be paid going forward.

We Must Protect Our Pensions!

In Solidarity,

Nancy Beauchamp

Chief Negotiator, RSMC Unit

Sylvain Lapointe

Chief Negotiator, Urban Unit