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BREAKING: CANADA POST THINKS CUPW ARE VAMPIRES!

 

After seeing the last mini bid and the drastic cuts made to shift 2 the only reasonable explanation is that Canada Post thinks we are all vampires! This seems to be the only reasonable explanation to the change in processing mail. There have been many studies done that prove night work has detrimental effects on human mental and physical health. Canada Post even acknowledges that more injuries occur on shift 1 than any other shift. With Canada Post’s acknowledgement of this the clear reasoning for this change is we have been mistaken for vampires.

Here are some facts regarding the risk to HUMANS working night shift.

CCOH – Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety defines Shift work as “any hours worked outside of “normal” daylight hours”. The CCOH has identified these health risks related to working afternoon/night shifts:

  • elevated risk of several types of cancer
  • increased risk of heart disease
  • higher risk of pre-term delivery
  • gastrointestinal disorders
  • mental health problems
  • Night shift workers have a higher risk of workplace injury (source: https://www.ccohs.ca/newsletters/hsreport/issues)

A Document provided by The Workers Health And Safety Center mirrors the CCOH findings in related night work health risks but also adds:

  • increased risk of stroke.
  • reproductive health problems including excess risk of miscarriages, pre-term delivery, low birth weight and delayed fetal development.
  • gastrointestinal disorders including ulcers and heartburn.
  • excess diabetes.
  • Violence or its potential is also a concern for shift workers who work alone or in other vulnerable situations.
  • Increased stress, anxiety, and depression

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 And here are some vampire facts:

-avoid sunlight

-have no families or loved ones

-stay up all night, sleep during the day

Source: Vampiric Council

Clearly, with Canada Posts “Make it Safe, Make it Home” they have mistakenly thought we were vampires not humans!  The constant denial of night workers leave is also leads us to believe further that CPC believes we are vampires, since vampires are nocturnal.

CUPW understands that some night work is necessary for the business.  But CUPW will always fight to maintain day shift positions. Canada Post needs to find a better way to process mail, which includes processing more of the mail on day shift.

 

 

In Solidarity,

Raylene Marshall

2nd Vice President

Bryan Schuck

3rd Vice President

 

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THE VANCOUVER LOCAL – SAYS NO TO SSD!

SAYS NO! TO SSD

NO! to our routes getting longer and longer

NO! to changing Router assignments on a whim

NO! to the erasure of sortation values from the 075 form

NO! to disconnecting carriers from their case strips

NO! to management’s band-aid solutions

Postal Workers say NO! to Separate Sort From Delivery.

It DOES NOT  save floor space or money – but it costs us the time values that we have agreed upon for over 50 years. It costs our backs, our knees, our bodies.

In 2018, Canada Post rammed through it’s first SSD restructure on the west coast at North Fraser Depot. At first, there were 10 routers. Now, despite the rapid expansion of Metrotown and The River District, there are now only 9 routers at North Fraser! How many will your station get under SSD? We don’t know. We don’t know because management has never told us what system they use to determine what an 8 hour work day is for routers, nor how they determine what routers will sort what routes. There has NEVER been consultation at the National, Regional or Local level. Management takes the position that routers are Letter Carrier Assistants, therefore their assignments can be changed at any time with no oversight or input from the Union.

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VANCOUVER PRIDE 2023

The Vancouver Local is proud to participate in 3 marches this year:

Friday, August 4th: Vancouver Trans, Two Spirit, Genderqueer and Intersex March

Organized by a gender-diverse grass roots collective of volunteers, the 2023 Trans, Two-Spirit, Genderqueer, Intersex March is an opportunity for us to celebrate, proudly express our pride and make our voices heard on the issues that affect our lives including violence, bullying, erasure from social histories, harassment and discrimination by public institutions. This event is operated in a spirit of inclusion with two-spirit people who may or may not also claim identities such as trans, genderqueer and others that feel unwelcome at mainstream pride events.

If you’d like to design your own signs, come at 5:30 PM – Materials will be provided

6:15 PM – March from Clark Park (Commercial and 14th)

6:45 PM – Performances from amazing local trans artists at Victoria park!

More information and updates at:

http://transpridevancouver.wordpress.com

Saturday, August 5th: Vancouver Dyke March & Festival

We’ll begin in McSpadden Park with some pre-March festivities and a community art project to create the new Vancouver Dyke March banner for this year. Then, the March will leave McSpadden Park and we’ll make our way down Commercial Drive to end at the Festival at Grandview Park. The Festival will continue until 5 PM and will include stage performances, community vendors, and food trucks. The Vancouver Dyke March has always been and continues to be a protest organized to celebrate and uplift the voices of folks who are marginalized, particularly on the basis of gender, within the broader pride movement. CUPW Vancouver will also have a booth at this event. If you are interested in volunteering at our booth engaging with the public on issues facing postal workers, email  at [email protected]

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5 Day Human Rights Initiative – Prairie & Pacific

 WHEN: September 25 – 29 2023

WHERE: Lakeview Gimli Resort

Gimli, Manitoba

COURSE: Turtle Island 

The Turtle Island course aims to build meaningful, long-term relationships with and among Indigenous peoples inside and outside our workplaces. The course identifies key moments in indigenous peoples’ history in Canada, connects these historical events to the current context, and debunks myths and stereotypes. It concludes with participants identifying ways to act as effective and respectful allies to Indigenous peoples in their struggle for decolonization. This opportunity will also contain a continued emphasis on becoming a facilitator on this material. It should also be noted that ONLY those who identify as Indigenous will be asked to facilitate the Turtle Island course.

Please note that this educational opportunity has been requested by the previous National Human Rights Committee and passed by the outgoing National Executive Board. The intention is to primarily provide this course to those who identify as Indigenous with the hope of building participants up to one day facilitate this life changing course to all CUPW workers. With this is mind, we are strongly encouraging those who identify as Indigenous to apply. Should we not be able to fill the class with those who identify as Indigenous, we will fill it with other applicants – so all are encouraged to apply.

This education program falls under Article 11.06 of the National Constitution and expenses for delegates are paid under Article 7.42, which include meals, transportation and accommodation. Reimbursement for childcare expenses is also available. The Union encourages all members to access this right of membership and learn how to make your own working life and that of your co-workers better.

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CPC’S RECENT ATTACK ON DAY SHIFT & HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS

Hello All,                                                                                                    July 13th,2023

We wanted to provide an update on the consultations Vancouver local and the employer had on June 21st, June 28th and on July 6th. Vancouver local was represented by your 2nd VP Raylene Marshall, VP 3 Bryan Schuck, President Anju Parmar along with PPC Executive Shop Stewards Zenaida Garcia, Helen De Guzman and Yogesh Sharma.

On July 6, 2023 Vancouver local had a final consult regarding the Canada Posts proposed mini bid for PPC.  In our first consult Canada Post had proposed drastic staffing cuts in shift 2 due to “changes in the business mode”.  FROM THE INITIAL CONSULT CUPW OBJECTED AND DISAGREED WITH ANY NEGATIVE CHANGES TO THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS ON SHIFT 2. After having many discussions with the employer, it was very clear that the Employer was not willing to keep the schedule status quo, Vancouver Local gave multiple suggestions to find a way to reduce the impact on our members.  The employer came back with 3 different proposals and the one they are using we felt minimized the impact on our members, Including casuals. We want to ensure members that VANCOUVER LOCAL ALWAYS OBJECTED TO ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT ROSTER.  We believe in a work\life balance and want our members to have a stable schedule to rely on.  We never want members moving mid-year, unless it is done by our members on volition. Union will always fight for our work in group1 to be pushed to day shift in group 1.  We will always demand that the employer adhere to the Collective Agreement and move as much work as possible to day shift. If more positions are needed in any shift we ask the employer to create positions, instead of moving them.

25 positions will be displaced from VEO and It is very Important for those who will be DISPLACED to bid in monthly bid to OBTAIN the permanent position.

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CLASSIFICATION POSITIONS
AIR PARCELS

 

 

 

 FT PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

PT PO4

Shift 2

Shift 3

  

24

6

22

 

18

8
PDSL

 

 

 FT PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

PT P04

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

 

  

8

7

7

 

4

4

4
GROUND PARCELS

 

 

 

 FT PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

 

PT P04

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

  

105

52

100

 

 

32

32

36
PACKETS

 

 

 

 FT P04

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

 

PT P04 

Shift 2

Shift 3

  

28

5

24

 

 

24

15
VEO INBOUND

 

 

 

 FT   PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

  

52

67

67
VEO OUTBOUND

 

 

 

 FT PO4

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

 

PT PO4

Shift 3

  

14

13

10

 

 

7
RT&D PPC

 

 

RT&D PIF

Shift 1

Shift 2

Shift 3

Shift 1

Shift 3

 35

27

36

4

6

Union will be visiting the work floors next week. If you have any questions, please free to contact   your Executive Shop Steward on the floor or call the office at (604) 685-6581.

In Solidarity,

 Bryan Schuck                            Raylene Marshall                  Anju Parmar

 3rd Vice President                     2nd Vice President                 President

 

 

                          

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETING

Saturday July 22nd at 11 AM
Zoom Video/Phone Conference

Register in advance for this meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kc-irqzMiG9LIHP3Y9J-Ijt-2cj-TAoPf

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Registration will close at 11 am on Friday July 21st.

The Vancouver Local is having a Human Rights Committee Meeting.

Introduction to your National Human Rights Committee members.

If you have any specific agenda items to discuss at the committee meeting, please send it via email at [email protected]

In Solidarity,

Anju Parmar, President

on behalf of Local Human Rights Committee

** Sign language interpreter is confirmed**

 

 

 

 

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Apply now! Become a Regional External Organizer

July 11, 2023

CUPW is currently seeking worker organizers in each region to assist with CUPW external organizing campaigns. The position will begin September 2023 and will be up for renewal every six months pending the direction of the campaign. The successful candidate will be tasked with collaborating with the 3rd National Vice-President, their Regional office, and the Locals involved in the campaign.

Responsibilities

• Work with CUPW locals and regions in the development and coordination of the organizing campaign as determined by the National Executive Board;
• Identify, assess, and recommend organizing targets, in collaboration with the CUPW organizing department;
• Worksite mapping and contact list building;
• Maintain database of workers;
• Develop organizing campaign plans – including objectives and timelines;
• Conduct outreach to workers – identify and train workplace leaders;
• Prepare regular reports on campaigns.

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