LOCAL 846
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Plant gate elections for Executive positions and Shop Stewards will take place between January 17 – 22, 2010. An advance poll will be held at the Union hall on January 15, 2010. There will also be a post poll at the Union Hall for last minute voters on January 22, 2010.
The Balloting Committee will issue a bulletin in early January with a complete schedule of polling times for all work locations. (Click HERE for the complete schedule.)
The elections will be for:
| Secretary-Treasurer | Andy Henderson |
| Justin Lim | |
| Health & Safety Director | Wendy Lund |
| Jennifer Savage |
The following positions were filled by acclamation:
| 1st Vice-President | Kim Evans | |
| Organization Director | Aaron Spires | |
| Chief Shop Steward | VMPP #1 | Dennis Wright |
| VMPP #2 | Gina Tessaro | |
| VPDC | Anju Parmar | |
| External | Karen De Francesco (LC) | |
| Donna MacIntosh (LC) | ||
| Pat Bertrand (MSC) | ||
| GLT | Deo Raj |
No nominations were received for the following:
Chief Shop Steward – VMPP#3
In Solidarity,
Laurie Keddie
Secretary-Treasurer
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YEAR 2010 INSTALLATION BALLOTING SCHEDULE
| Polls open as follows: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 15 (Friday) | Advance Poll |
6:30 am
|
– | 11:00 am |
| (Union Hall) |
1:00 pm
|
– | 5:00 pm | |
| January 17 (Sunday) | VMPP |
7:30 am
|
– | 12:30 am |
| VPDC |
7:30 am
|
– | 4:30 pm | |
| City Final Tour |
10:00 pm
|
– | finish | |
| January 19 (Tuesday) | VMPP |
5:30 am
|
– | 12:30 am |
| VPDC |
6:30 am
|
– | 12:30 am | |
| Depot 74 |
6:00 am
|
– | 9:00 am | |
| January 21 (Thursday) | VMPP |
5:30 am
|
– | 12:30 am |
| January 19 (Tuesday) | RDC 23 & 24 |
6:00 am
|
– | 2:30 pm |
| RDC 22 |
6:30 am
|
– | 9:30 am | |
| SVDC |
6:00 am
|
– | 1:30 pm | |
| Station S |
6:00 am
|
– | 1:30 pm | |
| NVan 3 |
6:30 am
|
– | 8:00 am | |
| NVan 4 |
6:30 am
|
– | 8:00 am | |
| January 20 (Wednesday) | CDC |
6:30 am
|
– | 1:30 pm |
| SBDC |
6:30 am
|
– | 9:30 am | |
| Station D |
6:30 am
|
– | 9:30 am | |
| MVDC |
6:30 am
|
– | 9:30 am | |
| Depot 32 |
6:30 am
|
– | 8:00 am | |
| West Van Boxes |
11:30 am
|
– | 12:00 pm | |
| January 21 (Thursday) | NBDC |
6:30 am
|
– | 9:30 am |
| Station F |
6:30 am
|
– | 9:30 am | |
| Station G |
6:30 am
|
– | 8:00 am | |
| Station K |
6:30 am
|
– | 8:00 am | |
| Glen Dr. |
11:00 am
|
– | 11:20 am | |
| Royal/Bentall |
11:45 am
|
– | 12:30 pm | |
| Pacific |
12:45 pm
|
– | 1:00 pm | |
| January 22 (Friday) | Post Poll (Union Hall) see Advance Poll | |||
Note: VMPP includes Wickets and Transportation.
In Solidarity,
Karen DeFrancesco
Chair, Balloting Committee
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Article 21.03 of our Collective Agreement provides for wage loss protection when circumstances not directly attributable to an employee prevent his or her reporting for duty. Article 21.03 states as follows:
Where conditions warrant it, special leave with pay may be granted when circumstances not directly attributable to the employee, including but not limited to illness in the family, as defined in clause 21.02, prevent his or her reporting for duty. Special leave shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Special leave is a discretionary leave, which simply means that management has the discretion of granting it. However, Article 21.03 states that special leave shall not be unreasonably withheld. Therefore, a grievance may be filed if the Union feels that the Corporation was unreasonable in denying a special leave application. Continue reading “It’s Special Leave Season!”
“I want to focus first on the area of accommodating disabilities, because the burdensome consequences of these laws and policies are being borne on the shop floor in companies like ours” -MOYA GREENE, October 28, 2008
The marginalization of disabled employees at Canada Post takes many forms. One of the ways that disabled employees have been marginalized is by their exclusion from Canada Post’s covert attendance reward programs, which are designed to reward employees who are capable of achieving perfect attendance.
Employees who are subject to graduated return to work plans, modified duties, or restricted hours as a result of illness or injury are automatically disqualified from the reward program.
Continue reading “Arbitrator Finds Canada Post Guilty of Discriminating against Disabled Employees”
ELECTION NOTICE
Nominations are now open for the following positions on the Local Executive Committee:
Full-Time Officers
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| 1st Vice President |
|
| Secretary-Treasurer |
|
Table Officers |
|
| Health & Safety Director |
|
| Organization Director/Tyler |
|
Chief Shop Stewards*
|
|
| VMPP Internal #1 Shift |
(1) |
| VMPP Internal #2 Shift |
(1) |
| VMPP Internal #3 Shift | (1) |
| VMPP Internal All Shifts |
(1) |
| External |
(3)** |
| Letter Carrier Mail Services Courier GL&T (Maintenance & Glen Drive) |
(1) |
* Chief Shop Stewards must be nominated by a member in their own shift or work area in keeping with Article 5.1B of the Local By-laws.
** Outside Function (three representatives, at least one of which will come from each outside function, L.C. and M.S.C. However, in the event that a position remains vacant after two consecutive postings, it shall be posted as an Outside Function Group 2 Vacancy with no restrictions).
The duties of these positions are listed in the Vancouver Local By-laws.
Nominations must be submitted to the Union Hall by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. No late nominations will be accepted. Candidates and their nominators must be members in good standing. In addition, candidates must have attended at least three (3) General Membership Meetings in the previous twelve (12) months.
The exact dates for the election to be announced by the Balloting Committee. The schedule for the plant-gate election will be presented in a bulletin after nominations close.
In Solidarity,
Laurie Keddie
Secretary-Treasurer
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