On February 1st of this year we will be getting the fourth and final raise mandated by the back to work legislation, bill C-6. You will see your wages go up by 2%. Our Union dues will also be going up as they are tied to our wages. Article 7.06 of our National Constitution reads as follows:
7.06 In the case of the bargaining unit of Urban Postal Operations employees of Canada Post Corporation, the monthly union dues for all members and all employees subject to compulsory check-off of union dues shall be 300% of the maximum hourly rate for the lowest classification within the bargaining unit. However, the union dues shall not be less than 300% of the maximum hourly rate of a mail handler.
As of February 1, 2014 the maximum hourly rate for a PO 2 (the lowest paid classification) is $25.80. 300% of that is $77.40. The Vancouver Local assessment, unchanged since 1991, remains at $4.50. Your monthly dues deduction from February 2014 through the remainder of the current collective agreement will be $81.90. (There will be no wage increase in the final year of the agreement.)
Two Special Assessment Deductions Remain
The National Executive Board levied a special assessment of $10 per year for every year of its current four year mandate. The first two deductions were in August of 2012 and January of 2013. The two remaining deductions will be in July of this year and January of 2015.
In Solidarity,
Andy Henderson
Secretary-Treasurer
On the eve of Christmas Eve, glad tidings arrived in the form of an arbitration award for a temporary employee who was discharged from Canada Post on September 7, 2012. In his award dated December 23, 2013, Arbitrator Vince Ready set aside the Grievor’s discharge and reinstated her to her employment.