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

Friday, August 4^th: 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 14^th)

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

More information and updates at:

http://transpridevancouver.wordpress.com

Saturday, August 5^th: 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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Hello All,                                                                                                    July 13th,2023

We wanted to provide an update on the consultations Vancouver local and the employer had on June 21^st, June 28^th and on July 6^th. Vancouver local was represented by your 2^nd 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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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

 3^rd Vice President                     2^nd Vice President                 President