Urban Letter Carrier Overtime
The Arbitrator’s decision contained some improvements to address the issue of overtime on letter carrier routes. She did not accept all of our proposals to allow letter carriers more options…
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Temporary Peak Period Workforce – Urban
One of Canada Post’s key demands during the past two rounds of bargaining was to get some sort of flexibility or labour savings for the delivery of parcels on weekends.…
Group 1 Staffing – Urban Unit
Over the years, the Union’s top priority has been and continues to be to ensure that temporary employees have access to regular employment and that these employees, as well as…
Letter Carrier Overburdening
While the Arbitrator did not completely fix the multiple bundle delivery method for letter carriers, she did award other language that will help to address the issue of overburdening on…
Global Assembly
Ignite Change! Global Assembly of Workers Aims to Create Big Transition! Workers the world over are disrespected in a race to the bottom. Now, we are assembling virtually, together across…
Urban Unit – Job Security and Vacant Positions, Group 2
The Union argued to Arbitrator MacPherson that regular employees of the Urban Unit as of the date of her decision should have full job security, meaning a limited radius of…
RSMC Job Retention
Job Retention is new for RSMCs. Since RSMCs are now paid the derived hourly rate of Letter Carriers, there could be an incentive for Canada Post to contract out bargaining…
Back Pay Stickers
Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Friends, On June 11, CUPW received Arbitrator Elizabeth MacPherson’s decision regarding the collective agreements for our two bargaining units at Canada Post: Urban Operations and Rural…
Job Security – RSMC
At a time when many workers are losing job security protections, CUPW has been successful in securing job security for RSMCs! CUPW was clear from the outset, to both the…
Quarantine Leave for Members in the High-Risk Category
Since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Canada recommended that individuals who fall into a high-risk category based on age or an underlying medical condition stay…
Short Term Disability Plan and Workers’ Compensation Benefits
With Arbitrator MacPherson coming down with her decision on the Urban and the RSMC contracts, we wanted to explain the changes to the Short Term Disability Plan (STDP) and to…
Bar charts calculations during the COVID-19 outbreak
Several locals have contacted the National Office to let us know that the Canada Post Corporation (CPC) is not taking into account the absences related to COVID-19 in the calculation…