LOCAL 846
Last week the Local Executive met to review the question of what type of bid we were going to ask for when we move to the Pacific Processing Centre in Richmond.
Continue reading “PT: Open Bid call for New Pacific Processing Centre (PPC)”
On Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the Local met with the shop stewards for the internal members to discuss and come to an understanding of what would be the fairest way to proceed with a bid on the positions in the Pacific Processing Plant (PPC).
Continue reading “Postal Transformation (PT): Bidding Process for the Move to the PPC”
One of the concerns that members are talking about is whether they will have a job after we move to the new processing plant in Richmond.
Members should not worry about job security. Every regular member currently employed by Canada Post will have a job when we move.
CUPW representatives from the National and Regional offices, along with Vancouver Local Executive and Modern Post committee members, participated in meetings with Canada Post management this week to discuss Postal Transformation (PT). These meetings are being held in accordance with Article 29 of the Collective Agreement, and as such take the form of negotiations as opposed to consultation. The main distinction between the two is that the parties may negotiate changes to the Collective Agreement in order to eliminate any adverse effects upon our members that may be created as a result of Canada Post’s PT initiative. Continue reading “Meetings with Canada Post – VMPPS Group 1 Staffing”
In Winnipeg, the MSCs lost approximately 67% of FT positions and 95% of FT dayshift positions, as MSC work was converted to motorized letter carrier. Only one loop remains from their hub, in the city core. Prior to PT, 14 loops covered the entire city. MSCs faced the highest job cuts, and in Vancouver we can expect something along the same lines.
Continue reading “Postal Transformation (PT), MSCs, & the New Plant”
Modern Post Update
The first national consultation with Canada Post since they issued the notices regarding Vancouver’s postal transformation (PT) was held on April 18th. There will be a series of national and local consultations scheduled with Canada Post management over the coming months to work on our concerns over the PT roll-out that will be starting to come online in February/March 2014.
A number of questions were put to the Corporation that they have indicated will be responded to in the future. They have stated that they do not possess key information yet, such as which depots will be moving into the two new buildings they purchased recently. Some of the details that were provided and concerns that we have raised are listed below. Continue reading “Modern Post: Update – April 22, 2013”
Canada Post Provides Some Details about New Vancouver Plant
There has been a great deal of concern expressed by our members regarding the recent news from Canada Post about the new Postal Transformation (PT) plant at the Richmond airport. The Pacific Processing Centre (PPC) is slated to open in February 2014 with the Vancouver Parcel Delivery Centre (VPDC) moving in first, followed by the Vancouver Mail Processing Plant (VMPP) in March 2014.
The Corporation served the Union with an official notice on April 9th regarding the new plant. This notice details some of Canada Post’s plans for the new facility along with its projections for significant Group 1 staffing reductions. There has not been any consultation on this notice as yet; the first meeting is scheduled for April 18th. We will provide you with updates as they become available.
Please see the CUPW Pacific Region’s bulletin dated April 15, 2013 for more specific details about this notice; it has been distributed to Vancouver Local bulletin boards and Shop Stewards. The most current information can also be found here on the Vancouver Local website.
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