CUPW is hiring four co-ordinators to help with campaigns relating to the review of the Canadian Postal Service Charter, the attack on the Rand formula, service expansion and reduction at Canada Post and the upcoming federal election. For more information on these campaigns, see Perspective May 2013 at: http://www.cupw.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/14537/la_id/1 Continue reading “CUPW is Hiring Four Members as Co-ordinators”
Rally for locked out Ikea workers
Householders and Overtime
Over the past few months, as I have been visiting the Depot and Stations in the Local, one of the issues that have been coming up is the issue of admail and overtime. The employer’s position in many of the depots is that letter carriers cannot use householders as an excuse for doing overtime. Continue reading “Householders and Overtime”
Canada Post: Under Attack From Within
On February 13, 2013, the CTV News published a story in which they reported that “Sweeping cuts may be ahead for Canada Post as the Crown Corporation faces a $327 million operating loss”. The story went on to state that, “Canada Post is considering reducing home delivery from five to four, or even three, days” among other things. Although these statements are not directly attributed to CPC spokesperson Jon Hamilton, Hamilton, is quoted in the story as saying “all options are on the table“. Continue reading “Canada Post: Under Attack From Within”
Poll Shows Support for Postal Banking and Opposition to Postal Privatization and Deregulation
OTTAWA – People like the idea of Canada Post making money through financial services, according to a new poll.
Close to two out of every three respondents (63%) to a Stratcom poll supported Canada Post expanding revenue-generating services, including financial services like bill payments, insurance, and banking.
CUPW asked Stratcom to conduct the poll in order to contribute to the debate on the future of Canada Post. The post office is currently conducting a public consultation on its future, focusing on cuts.
“Canada Post has options other than cutting,” said CUPW National President Denis Lemelin. “It could follow the lead of post offices in other countries by leveraging its network and adding lucrative banking services. Our poll results suggest there would be support for such a move.”
The Stratcom poll also found that there is no appetite for major changes such as postal privatization and deregulation. 69% of poll respondents opposed privatization of Canada Post and 71% opposed allowing private companies to deliver lettermail in Canada.
These results are drawn from a Stratcom national online survey which interviewed a nationally representative sample of 1,514 adult Canadians between May 24th to 26th, 2013.
Load and Unload time for Mobiles
Over the last few restructures, the Corporation has been refusing to test the loading and unloading of mail mobiles.
Under Chapter 7 of the Letter Carrier Route Restructuring Manual, the employer is obligated to do a random selection of 20% of the mobile routes, or at a minimum, one route for each type in the station.
Denis Lemelin responds to MP Pierre Polievre
May 29, 2013
Pierre Poilievre, MP
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Mr. Poilievre,
I am writing in response to your remarks in the House of Commons on May 7, 2013. At that time you were attempting to defend Bill C-60. I must confess that your stunning ignorance of the facts surrounding the financial situation of Canada Post and the CUPW collective agreement serve only to convince me more of the folly of involving uninformed politicians, such as yourself, in the collective bargaining process of federal Crown Corporations. Continue reading “Denis Lemelin responds to MP Pierre Polievre”