This bulletin is to inform you that CUPW and Canada Post have found an error in the way union dues have been calculated and deducted for Permanent Relief Employees (PRE) in the Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) bargaining unit.
In accordance with a resolution adopted by the National Executive Board, monthly union dues calculations are based on 1.71% of RSMC’s annual wage component, to an annually set maximum.
You may have overpaid union dues. As you know, a PRE employee earns a minimum of $60 per day when NOT assigned to cover a route. In this case the union dues are to be calculated on that amount.