Barcodes on Unaddressed Admail Project

Barcodes on Unaddressed Admail Project

On May 3 the employer held a meeting with the Regional CUPW and some locals in which they informed us that they would be rolling out their latest program which is implementing Barcodes for Unaddressed Admail.

As usual, this initiative was conducted without any input whatsoever from workers at Canada Post. Instead it was rolled out by the “Service and Quality” department of Canada Post.

Nationally, CUPW was informed on April 8, 2013, of this project and the fact that it was to be rolled out across the country starting in early May.

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The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)

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The International Day
Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)

The first “National Day Against Homophobia” in Canada was on June 4, 2003 and was organized by Fondation Émergence in Quebec. The date was later changed to May 17th, to commemorate the day “homosexuality” was removed from the World Health Organization’s classification of diseases, in 1990.

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Day of Mourning 2013

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NOTE: Because April 28 falls on a Sunday this year, we asked Canada Post to lower all flags at half-mast and observe a minute of silence in all postal facilities and on every shift on Monday the 29th

By-Election Results: March 24, 2013

BY-ELECTION RESULTS

Elected at the March 24, 2013 General Membership Meeting:

Recording Secretary/By-laws Chair

Wendy Lund
Chief Steward External MSC

John Coumbos

Congratulations to both.