CUPW obtains Cease and Desist Order!

On December 4, 2008, Canada Post picked up where it left off in October by threatening button-wearing employees with suspensions.

Weeks earlier, CUPW members were encouraged to participate in a nationwide Union campaign by wearing buttons or affixing stickers carrying the message, Peace, joy and universal public postal service. CUPW members were encouraged to wear the buttons and stickers on December 4, 2008. The message articulated on those buttons and stickers is clearly positive and advocates for a public postal service. By most standards, the message conveyed by those buttons and stickers would not be considered derogatory or defamatory. After all, peace and joy are words that appear on most Christmas cards. Further, a recent Ipsos-Reid poll indicated that most Canadians are in favour of a universal postal service. Indeed, as a crown corporation that provides a universal public postal service, it is difficult to understand how Canada Post’s reputation could be damaged by advocating for its continued existence. Nonetheless, on December 4, 2008, Canada Post supervisors were instructed to threaten employees with discipline.

December 4, 2008
Back to the table!

Thanks to your work on the picket lines we are going back to the bargaining table.
The mediator has called both Canada Post and your bargaining team back to negotiate. Bargaining will resume by the weekend.
Support your team at the table by maintaining your picket lines.

• Keep doing what you are doing
• Be visible
• Keep Canada Post guessing
• Keep picketing

Keep calling and writing letters to your MPs
Stay in touch with your picket captain. You will receive updates as soon as they are available.
Together we will win a fair collective agreement.