VMPP Schedule Consultations: Update #1

On Wednesday, November 3rd, CUPW met for the first of a series of consultations to discuss management’s proposals for new schedules for 2011. In upcoming bulletins we will go into more detail on the information we received. In this bulletin, we will just go over some of the major changes that management intends to make. And, just a reminder: although management has to consult with CUPW, they can do what they want, even if we disagree. “We consulted with your union” does NOT mean that CUPW agreed with their plans.

** Weekend work, weekend work and more weekend work. While we are doing what we can to keep weekend work to a minimum and argue for a fair sharing of weekend work, our pleas have fallen on deaf ears so far. You may want to search for a section with a better schedule. There will be many assignments up for bid between now and the shift bid. Look in the order book daily.

** Management plans to remove registration work from the Preferred Assignment Section. We believe this is a violation of the Preferred Assignments section of our contract (Article 12) but management plans to push through their plans. According to them, international registers are not registers. Go figure.

** Management plans to move the Mail Prep work on afternoon shift to the Coding & Mech section. For this reason, they plan to delete all the part-time assignments in Manual and add 41 part-time assignments to Coding & Mech.

Click HERE to view Management’s Proposed Schedules for 2011 in PDF format.

In Solidarity,
The CUPW Consultation Committee [Robert Mulvin, President; Kim Evans, 1st Vice-President; Steve Carter, 2nd Vice-President; Cindy A. Lee, Grievance Officer; Kathy Roczkowskyj, Chief Steward #3, Gina Tessaro, Chief Steward, #2, Gary Asselin, Steward, Preferred Assignments #3, Pat Lucas, Steward O/S #3, Nancy Asselin, VEM #3, Jane Dixon, RT&D #3]

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