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On May 30, 2012, Arbitrator Tom Jolliffe sustained a Union policy grievance that was filed in response to a Canada Post staffing policy that was implemented in Letter Carrier depots throughout Canada in 2009. Under its new staffing policy, Canada Post instructed supervisory staff to exclude unassigned temporary employees from the short-term coverage of Letter Carrier absences as one of the steps preceding compulsory overtime. The result of the policy was that many Letter Carriers were forced to work overtime while temporary employees remained at home awaiting work assignments.

In response to Canada Post’s new policy, the Union filed National Policy Grievance N00-07-00028.

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