LOCAL 846
A Full Frontal Assault On Our Rights
Well, the cat’s out of the bag! The employer has given us its position and discussions are beginning. This information is far from concrete; it’s a kind of broad propaganda designed to test opinion. However, there’s enough for us to realize that the employer’s approach in this round of bargaining is a full frontal attack on our rights. We have to say no to this approach.
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Urban Negotiations Begin: Parties Present Demands
On October 21, 2010, negotiations for the Urban Operations Bargaining Unit began in Ottawa. At the first meeting, both sides made presentations concerning their demands and outlined the objectives that they hope to achieve. Both sides said they hoped for a negotiated settlement without the need for a strike or lockout. The similarities ended there. Continue reading “Urban Negotiations Begin: Parties Present Demands”
Here We Go Again!
The Vancouver Local has received noification from Canada Post that it intends to make adjustments to the 6.05 lists for Vancouver. Canada Post is intending to amend the lists of the post offices, sections and installations in the Pacific Region that will take effect on Sunday, January 9, 2011.
Members of the CUPW Vancouver Local:
Negotiations between CUPW and Canada Post are set to begin this month after our membership, both locally and nationally, voted overwhelmingly in favour of the National Program of Demands. It is critical for all of us to understand the issues, what we stand to lose, and why we need to show strong support for our Negotiating Committee, who will be working hard to ensure that we emerge from this round of collective bargaining with a contract that is based on three principles: respect, equality and sharing the benefits of new technology.
It’s on!
Today Postal Workers throughout the Vancouver Local and across Canada took part in various activities and demonstrations displaying their solidarity and telling Canada Post that IT’S ON!
“Everybody needs to know it’s on because this round of bargaining is about the future of our public post office,” said Denis Lemelin, National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. “‘We are calling on the employer to expand services to the public and to fulfill its social responsibility as a Crown Corporation.”
The Vancouver Local is collecting images and video of the events.
If you captured any images or video of the events at your postal installation, please send them to: [email protected]
Elected at the September 26, 2010 General Membership Meeting were:
| Jeff Petersen | Education Director |
| Nancy Jonat | Organization Director/Tyler |
In Solidarity,
Robert R. Mulvin
President
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Our collective agreement expires on January 31, 2011. All indications are that the corporation will be bringing a number of demands that CUPW members simply can’t accept. Though we won’t really know what their demands are until we get to the bargaining table, rumour has it the corporation will be asking to eliminate our sick days in favour of a short-term disability plan, to eliminate pre-retirement leave and to cut the seventh week of vacation. Whatever regressive demands they bring to the table, one thing we can be sure of is that this will be our toughest round of bargaining in a generation and there is a significant chance we will end up on the picket line.