LOCAL 846
If you are already signed up as one of our local strike / lock-out Picket Captains, or if you are interested in becoming one – you are invited to attend one of our upcoming orientation meetings.
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As you know by now, we have regularly been saying that these negotiations are based on three principles: respect, equality and sharing the benefits of new technology. Let’s take a look at the last one: sharing the benefits of new technology, i.e. the Modern Post or postal transformation program.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY ON THE PICKET-LINE
Members of the CUPW Vancouver Local:
As we prepare for the likelihood that we will either be on strike or locked-out by our employer in the very near future, it is quite possible that there are many among us who have never walked a picket-line before, who may be feeling somewhat apprehensive or nervous, and uncertain of what to expect.
The first consultation on vacation leave for the VMPP staff took place on Friday, February 11th. At the meeting CUPW gave our proposals for improvements to schedules and to the bidding process. Management’s proposals and our suggested improvements were in a bulletin distributed last week. On February 18th Neil McClure, PC&R Manager, sent us an email refusing nearly all of our requests for improvements. For one schedule he agreed to part of our proposal.
CUPW is in bargaining for the Urban Operations Collective Agreement. Our goal is to obtain a collective agreement that meets the needs of our members. But, if Canada Post continues to demand rollbacks, a strike and/or a lockout may occur.
We need to ensure all members of the Urban Operations bargaining unit are prepared.
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On Wednesday February 16th, Canada Post tabled language on their demand for a Short Term Disability Plan (STD), so we thought this would be a good time to provide some more questions & answers on the STD.
As part of its ongoing initiative to convince the CUPW membership of the need for cutbacks, Canada Post is in the process of sending out carefully-worded pamphlets directly to CUPW members throughout Canada. The purpose for this initiative is to undermine the collective bargaining process by selling a program of cutbacks directly to employees instead of authorized CUPW bargaining unit representatives. As such, this initiative is completely unethical and represents another in a long string of insidious attacks on bargaining unit rights.
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