July 24th Q&A session with Sister Coleen Jones ( National Director)
Sisters, Brothers and Friends
As many of you all know, the National Executive Board (NEB) have unanimously voted in favor to support the renewal of the Collective Agreement for a two (2) year term which if adopted by the membership, would expire January 31, 2024.
We know many of you have questions regarding the renewal of the proposed Collective Agreement. The Vancouver Local Executive Committee decided to invite the National Director of Pacific Region and member of the NEB, Sister Coleen Jones to attend the July 24th GMM to answer your questions before ratifications votes start in August.
July General Membership Meeting
Saturday July 24 at 10am
Zoom Video/Phone Conference.
You must register in advance for this meeting. Registration Deadline: Friday July 23 @10am
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqc-6tqj0sGNx6V9Cx6eQF3pK2eZWzfui7
*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.
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETING
Wednesday, July 14 at 5pm
Zoom Video/Phone Conference
The Vancouver Local is having a Human Rights Committee Meeting. You must register in advance for this meeting. Registration deadline: Tuesday, July 13 @ 5pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsdu2sqzwqHtSvW_2fGB8yLFu2VfL2uwfn
If you are interested in participating in this committee, please read the information below, taken from our Vancouver Local by- laws, in regards to the committee’s mandate:
Two Year Contract Extension: The Membership Will Decide
Friday June 25 2021
2019-2023/279
In early June, senior Canada Post Corporation representatives approached CUPW with a proposal to extend the current collective agreements by two years and provide a 2% increase in wages. They stated that the uncertainty of the recovery from the pandemic would make our upcoming negotiations extremely difficult.
The National Executive Board decided that we would not accept CPC’s proposal but would consider pursuing discussions if CPC agreed to:
WORKING IN THE HEAT
Sisters, Brothers:
This year, the heatwaves have come much earlier in some areas of the country. This is certainly welcomed with great optimism following the dark period we went through last winter with the virus and its more contagious variants. But while much of our attention is focused on COVID-19, we still have to face various other challenging conditions, including heatwaves looming on the horizon.
For the second summer in a row, we will have to deal with the heat while also wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) to counter the virus, at least as long as the Public Health Agency of Canada requires it.
Take the necessary precautions with the heat and the virus, and encourage your coworkers to do the same.
Organizing Committee Report
Period Promise Campaign
We would like to thank everyone for helping with the United Way’s Period Promise Campaign for the month of May.
With your help from all the facilities in the CUPW Vancouver Local, we were able to collect over 3,000 products to donate to those in need. Helping bring the estimated total of the product donations of 558,765 to help fight Period Poverty.