Urban Global Offer – Rollbacks and Trojan Horses!
Your negotiating committee has now had and opportunity to review and analyse the global offers that we received from Canada Post on September 7 in the afternoon. There are many…
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News & Announcements
The End of Pay Equity Mediation
Yesterday, August 30, was the final meeting in our attempts to negotiate all the terms for implementing the pay equity settlement that were not settled in Arbitrator Flynn’s May 31…
RSMCs One Step Closer to Pay Equity
Corporation Fully Capable of Absorbing One-Time Payment Canada Post announced today a second quarter loss of $242 million, but this should not be seen as an indication of the overall…
We Have Access to Information!
It has been a struggle during this round of negotiations to build any kind of momentum. We may have finally managed to get things moving. We have an agreement on…
Retroactivity Of The Urban Collective Agreement – Agreement Reached
Who can forget the reactionary, anti-labour law imposed by the Harper Conservative government in June 2011? Because this back-to-work legislation was totally skewed in favour of the employer, we were…
RSMCs Say: Get Serious Canada Post
After two frustrating months of “intense negotiations”, none of our major demands have been the object of an agreement in principle. It seems to us that CPC is just stalling……
Negotiations Update
At this point, many are wondering what is currently happening as CUPW’s 50,000 members prepare to vote nationally to give the National Executive Board a mandate to call for strike…
Pay Equity Update
We have just completed two full days of meetings with Mediator/Arbitrator Maureen Flynn and the CPC Pay Equity Committee (July 17th and 18th). Counsel for both parties also participated. Read…
Solidarity Begins at Home
A small, but dedicated group of members in Quebec, led by Richard Martin, President of the CUPW local in Vaudreuil-Dorion, and Audrey Pepin, Vice-President, Quebec, have come together to mobilise…
Conciliators Appointed
On Friday, July 6, the Union received the notices confirming the start of conciliation for the Urban and RSMC bargaining units. These notices also confirm the appointment of two conciliators,…
It’s Time to Stand Up for Workers’ Rights
Canada Post created a workplace crisis which has been brewing for some time. Workers are overloaded and disrespected, and despite being treated as objects and machines, we have continued to…
CPC Still Has “No Position” on RSMC Pay Equity Issues
On May 31, 2018 we received the pay equity decision from Arbitrator Flynn. On the same day, Jessica McDonald, Chair of the Board of Directors and Interim President and CEO,…