LOCAL 846
August 22, 2013
Postal Transformation (PT) meetings have been scheduled with the employer for August 28th and 29th. The Vancouver Local’s Modern Post Committee will be meeting on August 27th to discuss the issues that we will be raising at these meetings and at further meetings in the future. Some of the agenda items are:
Last week the Local Executive met to review the question of what type of bid we were going to ask for when we move to the Pacific Processing Centre in Richmond.
Continue reading “PT: Open Bid call for New Pacific Processing Centre (PPC)”
C.D. Howe Institute Ignores Needs of Canada Post Users
OTTAWA, Aug. 9, 2013 /CNW/ – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is dismayed the C.D. Howe Institute’s e-brief on postal reform offers only tired ideas for Canada Post that would result in service cutbacks. Continue reading “PRESS RELEASE: August 9, 2013 11:07”
On Wednesday, July 31, 2013, the Local met with the shop stewards for the internal members to discuss and come to an understanding of what would be the fairest way to proceed with a bid on the positions in the Pacific Processing Plant (PPC).
Continue reading “Postal Transformation (PT): Bidding Process for the Move to the PPC”
Canada Post would have you believe the future of our post office is in jeopardy. Â That the erosion of letter mail, coupled with increasing wages, benefits, the instability in the global markets, and escalations in operational costs will force them to protect their interests. Â The Corporation will smother us in a blanket of never-ending cut backs in jobs and service. Continue reading “RISE UP OR FALL TO ASHES PART 2”
The Union met with management on July 31, 2013, to review if any progress had been made with the restructure of the Depot 74 drivers. At the end of the meeting, management was forced to agree (based on what is happening with the letter carrier restructure in Depot 74) that it was too early to feel certain that all the work has been added to the MSC routes.