URBAN COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE TO BE PAID FOR NOVEMBER 2021 – JANUARY 2022

Due to recent increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Cost of Living
Allowance (COLA) for Urban regular employees will generate a COLA payment for the period of November 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022.

CLAUSE 35.09 OF THE URBAN COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

The Urban collective agreement provides for the COLA to be paid to regular
employees as follows:
• 35.09(a)(ii) The allowance will be paid on a basis of one cent (1 ¢) per hour
for each full zero point zero five zero four (0.0504) of a point
increase in the C.P.I. above the adjusted index which is five point
thirty‐three percent (5.33 %) greater than the C.P.I. index
published for January 2020.

MAY General Membership Meeting

Saturday MAY 28th at 10AM
Union Hall 1880 Triumph St. Vancouver

This is an in-person meeting at the Union hall, Lower Auditorium. Entrance at 1880 Triumph St.

AGENDA FOR THE MAY GMM:

Land Acknowledgment
Reading of Truth and Reconciliation: Calls to Action
Reading of new members
Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes
Business arising out of the minutes
New Business
Nominations and elections:

The Federal Government Amends the Canada Labour Code to Include Paid Sick Leave

Tuesday January 25 2022

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The Federal Government has passed BILL C-3, an Act to amend the Canada Labour Code. It received Royal Assent and became law on December 17, 2021. This amendment is not currently in effect and we don’t know when it will come into force.

This legislation amends medical leave and bereavement leave under Part III of the Canada Labour Code.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has reached out to the Canada Post Corporation (CPC) concerning these changes. CPC has informed us they are waiting for the Federal Government to set up consultation with the affected employers for guidance on how to implement these changes within their organizations.

PAID SICK LEAVE

“The legislation amends medical leave under Part III of the Canada Labour Code to provide that:

thirty days after these provisions come into force employees will earn their first three days of paid sick leave to help ensure employees have adequate paid sick leave should they need it;
for new employees, they will earn the first three days of paid sick leave thirty days after starting a new job;
employees are entitled to earn one day of medical leave with pay for each month of employment with an employer, up to a maximum of ten days in a calendar year;[1]
any day of medical leave with pay that an employee does not take in a calendar year carries forward to January 1^st of the following calendar year and counts toward the ten days that can be earned in the new year; and
the maximum number of days of medical leave with pay that an employee can take in a calendar year is ten; and
employers are permitted to request a medical certificate for medical leaves of absence with pay that are five days or longer.”

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January 14, 2022

Annual Election Notice

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

Full-Time/Part-Time Officer

1^st Vice President

3rd Vice President

Secretary-Treasurer

Table Officers

Education Director

Organization Director/Tyler

Health & Safety Director

Chief Shop Stewards*

PPC/PIF Internal #2 Shift

PPC/PIF Internal #3 Shift

Transportation Group 2 MSC

Group 2 External L/C

January 7, 2022July 28, 2022

January General Membership Meeting

Thursday January 27 at 7pm
Zoom Video/Phone Conference

You must register in advance for this meeting. Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 26 at 7pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMucumpqj4rGtaJM_qwfliOxsu2cfj8cMiT

*Due to the information needed to be sent to participants, and the time required to authenticate registrations, all participants must register by the deadline above. *Admission to the meeting will close fifteen (15) minutes from the start of the meeting.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

December 15, 2021April 1, 2022

Vaccine Practice Hearings on the Merit

December 15, 2021

Since the arbitrator did not issue a cease-and-desist order (similar to an injunction) as per our application regarding Canada Post Corporation’s vaccination practice, the next step is for an arbitrator to hear the merit of the case by way of priority.

The cease-and-desist application asks an arbitrator to rule on whether the practice shall be suspended while grievances are heard on the merit. The questions that will be put to an arbitrator (or the scope) on the merit will be broader and different than the narrow criteria used for a cease-and-desist application.

December 13, 2021

Solidarity and Support for the BC Lower Mainland

December 13, 2021

Members across the country have
British Columbia residents in their
thoughts after weeks of record rainfall,
flooding and landslides, which created
perhaps the country’s most expensive
natural disaster ever seen. Emergency
response efforts are just shifting into
recovery mode.

Many communities were isolated by
floods, landslides and bridge washouts;
people are missing and there are five
reports of death. Farming communities
are devastated by flooding, hundreds of
thousands of farm animals have died,
and food and water supplies are
contaminated.

Tuesday January 25 2022

Thursday January 27 at 7pm Zoom Video/Phone Conference

Thursday January 27 at 7pm
Zoom Video/Phone Conference