Picket Captains are the backbone of our Union during strikes, serving as frontline organizers and the embodiment of solidarity on the picket line. As a Picket Captain, you’ll play a crucial role in ensuring our members’ voices are heard and their rights are protected.

Your responsibilities will include maintaining attendance on the picket line to ensure members receive their strike pay, coordinating strike duties fairly, and ensuring the safety of our members. You’ll also be the point of contact for any emergencies or decisions that may affect all members on your line.

Picket activity is closely monitored by Canada Post, including corporate security, supervisors, and the media. With clear anti-scab laws in B.C., Picket Captains may need to report any scab incidents to the Union promptly.

As a Picket Captain, you’ll relay important information between zone coordinators and members, ensuring smooth communication and information flow during the strike. You’ll be a vital link in our Union’s strength and resilience.

Picket Captains are Postal Workers just like you, who have stepped up to take on additional responsibilities. Your commitment and dedication will be crucial in showing our strength in numbers and solidarity.

The Local needs volunteers for Picket Captains, and the more volunteers we have, the stronger our Union will be.  Join us in solidarity as we stand together for our rights and a better future for all.

Local will be providing a Picket Captain course. The deadline to send your name and contact info to the email below is May 10^th. Join us in solidarity as we stand together for our rights and a better future for all.

Please send your email:

Anju Parmar President   [email protected]

Kat Poch   Organizing Director   [email protected]

In   Solidarity,

Anju Parmar, President

 

Joseph H McCance has been elected as 1^st Vice President.

Kevin Biggs has been Re-elected as Secretary Treasurer.

Sukhwinder (Tony) Phunal elected as Executive Shop Steward PPC Shift 2.

Shop Steward Election Results

The following Shop Stewards have been elected to a Two (2) year term.

PPC #1:	PPC #2:	PPC #3:	PIF
Pardeep Dhillion	Neerjha Bhatara	Helen De Guzman	Nicki Gill
Paramjit Singh	Antoinette Bernabe	Salome Yusi	Christina Maclennan
	Amber Chatrath
	Melanie Cuenca
	Robyn Mann		GLEN DRIVE:
CDC:		NBDC:	Ron Troche
Naomi Allen	NVDD:	Jessica Crawford	SVDC:
Alex Bernstien	Jerry Ocol	Doug Kellam	Megan Bailey
Marco Mirshafie	RDC:		Scott Goleniec
Ines Rubiera	Solle Ishi
LCD 2:	Lauri Kerr	STATION F:	STATION G:
Kris Palesch	John Parnell	Danielle Doucette	Alex Pensato

In Solidarity,

Anju Parmar, President

John Tweed      Robyn Mann

April 12th (Friday)		Advance Poll (Union Hall)	7:30 AM	–	5:00 PM
April 14 (Sunday)		Pacific Processing Centre (PPC)	5:00 AM	–		8:30 PM
April 15 (Monday)		Station G	7:00 AM	–	9:30 AM
		Pacific Center	10:15 AM	–	10:30 AM
		Royal & Bentall Centers	10:45 AM	–	11:30 AM
		Wickets & Main Office Boxes	11:45 AM		12:30 PM
		Glen Drive	1:00 PM	–	2:00 PM
		Station D (Retail)	2:30 PM	–	2:45 PM
April 16th (Tuesday)		Pacific International Facility (PIF)	9:00 PM	–	10:15 PM
April 16th (Tuesday)		LCD 1 & 2	7:30 AM	–	3:00 PM
		Station F NBDC	7:30 AM 7:30 AM	– –	11:30 AM 12:45 PM
		CDC	7:30AM	–	1:30 PM
		NVDC (Harbour)	7:30 AM	–	1:30 PM
		West Van Retail	11:30 AM	–	12:00 PM
April16th (Tuesday)		PPC & MSCs	Starts 11:15 PM Tuesday, April 16th
			Ends   `1:00 AM Thursday, April 18th
April 17th (Wednesday)		SVDC	7:30 AM	–	2:30 PM
		RDC	7:30 AM	–	11:45 AM
		Richmond Retail	12:00 PM	–	12:30 PM
April 18th (Thursday)		North Fraser Delivery Depot	7:30 AM	–	12:00 PM
		BBY 3	7:30 AM		11:00 AM
April 19th (Friday)		Post Poll (Union Hall)	7:30 AM	–	12:00 PM

In Solidarity,

Anju Parmar, President

 

Every year, on March 31, we celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility, a day where transgender people from all walks of life can proudly speak up and share their contributions to society, as well as raise awareness to the struggles we face. It is a day to be proud of who we are, and to celebrate our achievements, accomplishments and legislative gains.

This past year has been difficult for many in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community as we have all seen the rise of anti-transgender legislation in Canada and abroad, as well as the rise in anti-transgender hate speech and political rhetoric. Last year’s demonstrations around so-called “parent’s rights” and counter-demonstrations by those who support transgender youth brought these issues to the forefront of the public eye. The very existence of transgender youth has become polarized for political gain, and it hits hard for many transgender adults because many of us knew who we were on the inside from a young age. Many of us grew up knowing that how we felt on the inside did not match who society expected us to be on the outside, at a time where the information was not widely available and supportive resources didn’t exist yet. The fact that there are now resources available and greater education around trans and non-binary identities is a massive leap in acceptance and understanding of transgender people, especially youth at a crossroads in their lives. To see it intentionally withheld in the name of “protecting children” is a step back that will have transgender youth that are afraid to come out to continue struggle in silence.

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In order to fully understand the threat to our working lives posed by Separate Sort from Delivery (SSD), we need to understand what it is and how it poses new risks and strains to Letter Carriers. Currently, a Letter Carrier sorts and prepares their own mail, then they go out and deliver it. Under the SSD system, a “Router” will spend all day inside and sort the mail for several other routes, while Letter Carriers spend more time outside and less time inside. You can see a basic visual representation of this below:

The longer a Letter Carrier spends outside, the further they walk. Additionally, they are exposed to extreme weather events such as heat waves, freezing temperatures and forest fire smoke for longer. This all has a serious impact on the health of Letter Carriers, and this is all structured on an “average volume” day. The longer a route is, the harder it is to complete on heavy volume days such as when property taxes or vacant home assessments go out to every address on the route.

From Canada Post’s own testimony during the National SSD Grievance:

“With the help of a document filed as Exhibit E‐3, Mr. Lefler stated, using the North Fraser depot as an example, that letter carriers have been working just as much since the implementation of the SSD project, the difference being that they work 35 minutes less indoors and 35 minutes more outdoors, while the number of routes has remained the same.” (Emphasis Added)

That was in 2019, then North Fraser had another restructure in 2022 that made the routes even longer!

One of the other major issues with SSD is that when the sortation is taken away from letter carriers and given to the routers, the time values used to calculate a fair 8-hour work day are erased. Someone in Ottawa manually deletes the information taken from the volume count, and the Union gets a report with zeroed out information. Routers work is no longer measured by time value, and when they are done their sorting duties, they are assigned additional work at-will by the supervisor, and can even be assigned delivery despite being “inside” workers.

SSD is taking away the fair and balanced system of time values, and taking us back 60 years of collective progress. The Corporation continues to push this system on us without National consultation, a violation of Article 38.02 and a slap in the face to every carrier across the country.

This contract, WE MUST FIGHT TO ELIMINATE SEPARATE SORT FROM DELIVERY

In Solidarity,

Jamie McCurrach, 1sr Vice President.

 

WorkSafe BC (WCB) is a third-party Board that covers injuries that occur on the job, and in some cases, the property surrounding a workplace. For example, if the employer failed to salt and de-ice the parking lot and an employee slipped and fell causing injury, this would be considered a workplace injury. WorkSafe BC covers a wide range of work-related injuries and it does not necessarily need a singular or specific incident to file a claim. Claims can also be filed under aggravation of a pre-existing condition, repetitive strain, strains and pains. An example of repetitive injury would be carpal tunnel syndrome and sciatica.

When any injury or pain starts at work, report it! See a first aid attendant and have it documented in the log book. See a healthcare provider, either a walk-in clinic or family doctor as soon as you can and advise them this is a work-related injury. Go on-line at WorkSafeBC.ca and file your claim. If work needs to be missed due to an injury, WorkSafe BC will cover 70% as ‘IOD Pending’ and 75% of wage loss when approved. There will be no disruption to your pay schedule. Furthermore, WorkSafe covers 100% for healthcare needs to aid in healing such as physiotherapy, acupuncture as well as needed medical aids such as back braces, splints, medications, and bandages etc.

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