Letter Carrier Shop Stewards
We have a schedule of our upcoming Letter Carrier – Shop steward meetings for February – April, 2013.
As union activists, taking the time to learn together, communicate & plan is the key to the work that needs doing for the Union. We have reserved space in the board room at the union hall & are using the same venue downtown that we have used successfully in the past as it has space & is usually pretty quiet in the later afternoon. Both venues are easily accessed by sky train/bus & the Union Hall has free parking outside or near by, the parking meters around 349 West Georgia are not the most expensive & it is a short walk from there to VFS.
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On September 12, 2011, Arbitrator Robert Blasina reduced a five day suspension that was imposed on a Vancouver Mail Service Courier on the grounds of delay of mail. In the facts of the case, the Grievor inadvertently missed the delivery of a Priority Courier item while covering a schedule at the Vancouver Hub on May 14, 2010. At her subsequent disciplinary interview, the Grievor expressed her apology for the mishap. In his debut as an arbitration advocate, Vancouver Local Vice-President Kim Evans argued that Canada Post did not take into account all of the circumstances when imposing the suspension. Indeed, Arbitrator Blasina noted that Canada Post refused to take her apology into account as part of its decision-making process:
