LOCAL 846
The Harper government’s Minister of Labour, Lisa Raitt, has struck once more and introduced back to work legislation.
This time her attack on the collective bargaining process and the right to strike is focused on CP Rail workers. As postal workers we are still living through the effects of her similar attack against us.
On May 29, 2012 members of the Teamsters, PSAC, CUPW and others gathered for an emergency rally at Library Square, Vancouver.
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click HERE to download the full decision (462kB pdf)
In a Regular Arbitration decision dated May 17, 2012, Arbitrator Joan Gordon sustained a grievance that was filed by the Union after Canada Post refused to grant a disabled employee sick leave on the recommendation of Manulife. In sustaining the grievance, Arbitrator Gordon also awarded damages to the Grievor in the amount of $8,000.00, as compensation for mental distress resulting from the callous manner in which she was treated by both Manulife and Canada Post.
The Pacific Region Women’s Committee invites you to submit your application to attend this school held in Sonoma California. The deadline for submission has been extended to May 30, 2012.
For further information, please e-mail us at: [email protected].
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Urban Postal Unit Negotiations (2011) / Bulletin
Negotiations Bulletin no. 98
On May 11, 2012 the Federal Court of Canada ordered a stay of proceedings in the final offer interest arbitration for urban postal workers. Federal Court, Judge François Lemieux, ordered the arbitrator, Guy Dufort, to stay the interest arbitration proceedings until the Federal Court has rendered its final decision on CUPW’s application for judicial review of Labour Minister Raitt’s appointment of Dufort. CUPW is challenging the appointment on the basis that he is involved with the Federal Conservative Party and that he had been previously employed by Canada Post for several years and was heavily involved in the PSAC/CPC pay equity case. The judicial review is scheduled to be heard by the Federal Court on July 25, 2012. Continue reading “Another Legal Victory for CUPW”
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We all watched the Global TV news blurb about the new plant being built in Richmond. Some were surprized that the new facility which will be changing the lives of thousands of CUPW members in the Vancouver and neighbouring locals was actually under construction. We paid a visit to the site April 22, 2012.
Continue reading “New Plant Construction Site Visit: April 22, 2012”
