LOCAL 846
For Immediate Release
OTTAWA – Job action in the form of a refusal of overtime will start in the province of Alberta and in the Northwest Territories on Monday morning if no settlement is reached, according to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. However, the Union wants people to know they’ll still be getting their mail. Continue reading “Postal Worker Overtime Ban To Begin In Alberta And In The Northwest Territories”
We issued our 72-hour notice of strike activity yesterday and it is important that everyone has a clear understanding of what will happen after 11:59 pm on August 28, 2016.
The National Executive Board (NEB) has decided that our strike activities will rotate through each province or territory and will be the following:
Part-time and temporary employees may extend up to 8 hours but no overtime.
These strike activities will rotate through each province or territory. You will be informed when your province or territory is scheduled to participate in these actions. When you are not scheduled for any strike activities, please report to work and do your job according to the work rules and health and safety provisions.
It is possible that Canada Post management may tell you that you must work overtime or work beyond your Schedule A 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 your local immediately if Canada Post management threatens you with discipline for refusing to work overtime or working beyond your Schedule A hours. Please report any hostility, intimidation, discrimination or provocation that you witness or experience from Canada Post management to your local or regional office.
Saturday, September 17th from 11 AM to 4 PM
Deas Island Regional Park, Delta BC
6090 Deas Island Rd, Delta, BC
(Fisher’s Field Picnic Area – see map on reverse) Continue reading “3rd Annual CUPW Solidarity Picnic and Barbeque”
BY-ELECTION
Chief Shop Steward-Group 2
Following the resignation of Brother Felix McGowan, there is a vacancy in the Chief Shop Steward-Outside Function.
A lot of injured workers can’t go back to their jobs because of a resulting disability after their injury at work. They need help to get working again. The WCB (aka WorkSafeBC) can offer different kinds of assistance to do that. (The organization is still legally the WCB).
The WCB vocational rehabilitation consultant (VRC) has to go through five steps to figure out what kind of help to offer an injured worker.
The summer is upon us and flyers – now known as neighbourhood mail – are at record highs again this year. Combine this with Postal Transformation (PT) and you now have a recipe for disaster.
Two weeks ago Canada Post issued 72-hour lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. But management withdrew its lockout notice when it didn’t get the backing of the Liberal government. Jennifer Savage is president of the Vancouver local of CUPW. She explains the issues at the bargaining table. Jennifer Savage speaks with Redeye host Lorraine Chisholm.