Voluntary Early Starts?
Brothers and Sisters,
Over the last few weeks some of you may have noticed Canada Post Management soliciting members in regards to voluntary early starts for Mondays. There 
is no mention or language in the Collective Agreement that allows for this.
I implore you to reject these propositions with haste. For those of you who remember, Canada Post used to offer “pre-shift” overtime during the Holiday Season to alleviate the burden on Letter Carriers. Agreeing to this means you will be sorting mail during this time and not departing any earlier.
This leads to you delivering more mail than usual and not being compensated for overtime. Adhering to your scheduled start time is important and allows you to be eligible for overtime if you are delayed past your departure time and therefor may work longer than (8) hours. Do not believe for a second that you are helping yourself or other members, this is merely a devious and cunning tactic on the part of Canada Post to process more product and reduce overtime.
Let’s face facts, this is purely a statistically driven corporation whose sole purpose is to disregard Health and Safety and cut jobs to produce profits. Having doubts? Just take a look around at the current rate of restructures occurring in Vancouver this past year. Richmond Delivery Center lost (19) full time positions this summer and station F, S, and D currently are under attack. Plain and simple, they are removing walks and with the addition of 30-40 minutes per route, it is absolutely clear that the Corporation has only one priority the bottom line.
So next time you decide to start early and rush through your route, stop for a moment and reflect on your actions and the repercussions which may occur as a result of them, even if you perceive your actions to be inconsequential.
Solidarity,
Chris Zukowsky.