Nominations have now closed for the following positions on the Local Executive Committee:

Nominated
Table Officers
Recording Secretary/Bylaws Chair
Maria Arico-Pucovsky
Nathan Fralick

Nominated and Acclaimed
Full-Time Officers
President
Jennifer Savage

2^nd Vice President
Steve Carter

Grievance Officer
Erin Collins

Table Officers
Education Director
Stefanie Neumann

Health and Safety Director *
Nick Aubichon

Chief Shop Stewards
External LC & MSC Chief Shop Stewards
Denish Bahadur (LC)

G.L.&T./Glen Drive Chief Shop Steward
Deo Raj

There was no nomination for PPC Internal/Wickets/Group 1 C&D Chief Shop Steward—Shift 1.

The exact dates for the election to be announced by the Balloting Committee. The schedule for the 2017 plant-gate election will be presented in a future bulletin. Congratulations to those acclaimed to a position and good luck to those nominated.

As there were no nominations for PPC Internal/Wickets/Group 1 C&D Chief Shop Steward—Shift 1, the position will be up for election at the January General Membership Meeting. In addition, the resulting vacant External LC & MSC Chief Shop Steward position will be up for election due to the acclamation of Erin Collins as Grievance Officer.

In Solidarity,
Heather Andrews
secretary-treasurer

* This is to cover the remainder of the term, as per 9.7A (5) of the bylaws which states An election to cover the remainder of the term of office shall take place as part of the next Annual Elections, if applicable.

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Monday December 5 2016

After six weeks of local membership meetings, the members in both the Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) and the Urban Postal Operations (UPO) bargaining units have ratified their tentative collective agreements reached with Canada Post on September 1st.

Continue reading “Tentative Agreements Adopted by the Membership”

AMENDED

Due to the resignation of Jeannette McConnell as Health and Safety Director, this position is now open and will be included in the upcoming plant gate election for the remainder of the term. Thank you Sister McConnell for all your hard work.

Nominations are now open for the following positions on the Local Executive Committee:

Continue reading “Annual Election Notice 2017”

Nominations for Shop Stewards are now open. The deadline for nominations to be returned to the Union Hall is Friday December 30, 2016.

Any Member in Good Standing is entitled to run for the position of Shop Steward. Nominators must also be Members in Good Standing.

Continue reading “Shop Steward Elections 2017”

At a special Vancouver Local Executive Committee (LEC) meeting held on November 1, 2016, a motion was passed unanimously recommending “No” to the Urban Tentative Agreement.

Continue reading “Vancouver Local Executive Committee unanimously recommends “No” vote to the Tentative Agreement”

We are holding votes for both the ratification of the tentative collective agreement and for another strike mandate. Only Members in Good Standing (MIGS) will have the opportunity to vote on the tentative agreement. The strike vote is open to everyone represented by CUPW.

The voting will be preceded by an information meeting. Attendance at the meeting is mandatory. The doors will be tiled (locked) 15 minutes from start times posted. Please plan to spend a minimum of one (1) hour at the meeting, with voting to take place following the meeting. Below are the list of meeting times:

Wednesday, November 9, 2016	Pacific Gateway Hotel 3500 Cessna Drive Richmond, BC	6:30 A.M.* 8:30 A.M.* 10:30 A.M.* 1:30 P.M.* 5 P.M.* 7 P.M.*
Saturday, November 19, 2016	Metrotown Hilton 6083 McKay Ave. Burnaby, BC	11 A.M. 1 P.M.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016	Maritime Labour Centre 1880 Triumph St. Vancouver, BC	5 P.M. 7 P.M.
Sunday, November 27, 2016	Maritime Labour Centre 1880 Triumph St. Vancouver, BC	11 A.M.*

* Sign Language Interpreters have not yet been confirmed

Please note that the Pacific Gateway Hotel in Richmond (MAP) has provided a link to register for parking. All you need to do is click on the link and provide your license plate number.

In Solidarity,
Heather Andrews
Secretary-Treasurer