Due to construction the Union Office is closed to the Public for Wednesday and Thursday August 23 & 24, 2023!
MSC Abstacts
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.
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]
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.
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
Urban COLA Payment on the Way for First Quarter of 2023
Our Cost of Living Allowance will take effect for the fourth consecutive quarter to help members deal with inflation.
Please note, the information below is subject to change should we win our National Grievance (N00-22-00005). In dispute is the date of the base month for the calculations of COLA amounts owed. Canada Post Corporation has confirmed that it will pay the COLA payments as below, calculated in accordance with their position on the base month.
AMOUNTS
The COLA is reviewed and paid quarterly, if required. The quarter in question is February to April 2023.
In CPC’s view, the base month for the COLA in the contract renewal is January 2022. The January 2022 CPI was 145.3, so the adjusted index for comparison is 153.0. The April 2023 CPI was 156.4, which exceeds the adjusted index by 3.4.
Therefore, Urban members will be paid a COLA of 67 cents ($0.67) per hour for hours paid in that three-month period.
SAMPLE CALCULATION
The allowance is calculated for all hours paid from February 1st to April 30th, so calculations will vary from member to member. As a baseline though, a member who worked full time throughout the quarter will have 504 hours excluding overtime. At 67 cents ($0.67) per hour, the Cost of Living Allowance would be $337.68.
The payments are scheduled to be paid as a lump sum on your July 6, 2023 pay.
In Solidarity,
Carl Girouard
National Grievance Officer
2023/2027 Bulletin #022 /fc-cope 225