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Tuesday August 30 2016

After 10 months of difficult negotiations, CUPW and Canada Post have reached tentative collective agreements for each of the Urban and RSMC bargaining units. Details below but more information on each point will be available in the coming days and the draft agreements will be made available to all members. Continue reading “Details Of Tentative Agreements”

Tuesday August 30 2016

We have worked relentlessly for the past few days with the assistance of Special Mediator William Kaplan and the head of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, Guy Baron, to finalize our negotiations.

Tentative Agreements

Bargaining continued until the early hours of this morning and we have now achieved two agreements in principle, one for each of the RSMC and Urban Bargaining Units. The negotiating committee has unanimously recommended to the National Executive Board that we accept these agreements in principle. The majority of the National Executive Board has voted to accept these agreements and are recommending that the membership ratify them. We achieved these agreements because we remained strong and maintained our strategy.

Ratification Votes

The tentative collective agreements must be ratified by a majority vote of the members in each respective bargaining unit. The ratification vote process can be found in section 6.18 of our National Constitution.

Details

The details of the tentative agreements will be provided in future bulletins. Information about ratification votes will be sent out in the near future. 

Thank you!

The members of the negotiating committee thank everyone for all of your support and solidarity activities during this difficult round of negotiations. The last few days have been difficult with the on again – off again job activities. Thanks to all of you for being patient. We could not have achieved these tentative agreements without your support.

SOLIDARITY!

Sylvain Lapointe
Chief Negotiator, Urban Unit
George Floresco
Chief Negotiator, RSMC Unit

For Immediate Release
August 29, 2016

OTTAWA – The postal workers’ rotating overtime refusal has been put on hold for another 24 hours.

“We are hopeful that a negotiated settlement may be achieved but we remain prepared to defend our
members and public postal services,” said Mike Palecek, national president of the CUPW.

Negotiations are continuing with the help of a government-appointed special mediator.

The Regional Office has informed us that the overtime ban will start at midnight tonight with British Columbia and the Yukon.

This means that as of midnight tonight and for the next 24 hours, here in the Vancouver Local:

• All Full-time employees will work only their regular hours – No overtime.
• All Part-time and Temporary employees may extend up to 8 hours but no overtime.

It is possible that Canada Post management may tell you that you must work overtime hours. We are in a legal strike position and we are protected under the Canada Labour Code when we engage in legal strike actions. Please call our Local office immediately if Canada Post management threatens you with discipline for refusing to work any overtime hours. Please report any hostility, intimidation, discrimination or provocation that you witness or experience from Canada Post management to your local or regional office.

You can read the Media Release HERE (pdf)

Please check the National website for any late breaking changes

IN SOLIDARITY WE WILL SUCCEED!

For Immediate Release

OTTAWA – As tense negotiations continue between postal workers and Canada Post management, the rolling overtime ban that was to start after midnight on Sunday has now been put on hold for 24 hours. Continue reading “Postal Job Action Put Off For One Day As Talks Continue”