LOCAL 846
As of Now the Vancouver Local IS on STRIKE!
Please All Members return to your stations to walk Your Picket Lines. Look For your Picket Captains and Local Executives as we Startup the lines at all Locations in Local 846(Vancouver). Be Safe and Calm As we ONCE Again show Our solidarity For each other and a the Future of Canada Post.
Thank You.
846 Local Executive.
General Membership Meeting
Saturday at 10am, September 27th
Maritime Labour Centre
1880 Triumph street
Vancouver
Agenda for the September GMM:
Regional delegate Alternate (1)
Publications committee (1)
LC Route measurement (4)
MSC Route measurement (4)
By laws committee (3)
Trustees committee (3) alternate (1)
VDLC delegates (9) Alternates (4)
General Membership Meeting
Thursday at 7pm, August 28th
Maritime Labour Centre,
1880 Triumph street, Vancouver
Agenda for the August GMM:
By-Elections Organizational Director/Tyler
11.Executive Committee Motions
12. Unfinished business
13. Correspondence
14. Executive and Committee Reports
15. Good and Welfare
16. Adjournment
***ASL Interpreters have been confirmed for this meeting***
In Solidarity
Anju Parmar, President
Next GMM on August 28th
THE ORGANIZATION DIRECTOR AND TYLER
Saturday July 19th at 10 am
Zoom Video/Phone Conference
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/89Fkpp23RRasfgWbw37CwQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Registration will close on Friday July 18th at 10am
The Vancouver Local is having a Human Rights Committee Meeting
If you have any specific agenda items to discuss at the committee meeting, please send it via email at [email protected] .
In Solidarity,
Anju Parmar, President
on behalf of Local Human Rights committee
**Sign language interpreter has been confirmed**
CUPW at the Vancouver, Regional, and National levels all strongly recommend that members deliver a resoundingly strong NO vote to the corporation’s lousy “offer”.
After eighteen months of bad-faith negotiating from the employer, unprecedented Government intervention into our Collective Bargaining and Charter Right-to-Strike, the Federal Government, Canada Post’s main shareholder, has decided to implement the rarely used, one-time ability under the Canada Labour Code to force our membership to vote on the corporation’s lousy offer.
Workers understand that the union cares more about the welfare and interests of its members than our employer does – especially an employer already committed to implementing major restructuring. A strong NO vote will help negotiations along and will send a strong message to the negotiator when this matter inevitably gets sent to arbitration.
If we Vote No, the government cannot make us vote again. We will continue our legal strike action with an OT ban for now. The corporation is still able to legally lock us out. If and when this happens, we will inevitably be ordered back-to-work. This will happen either through the government’s new magic Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code (which is being contested in the Supreme Court) or by working with the Conservatives to pass Back-to-Work Legislation. Either of these ways eventually lead to arbitration. As Kaplan himself noted, Interest arbitration is a very “conservative process, one that generally shies away from imposing structural change” (p.83). This is why the corporation sought every possible way to avoid it. The arbitrator will use this offer as the lowest basis point in negotiations and will also have to consider how strongly members voted against accepting this “offer”. If it is a resoundingly strong NO vote, the arbitrator will have to move further away from this offer. In other words, the stronger our NO vote is, the better we will come out in negotiations.
In the coming days, volunteers from our Vancouver Local will be calling you to ensure that you were able to successfully register your email to vote as well as provide you with answers to any questions or concerns you might have regarding this future-defining decision.
If you have missed our call we will try and call again. Alternatively, you can contact the hall at 604 685-6581 Ext. 1 or email [email protected]
In Solidarity,
Local Executive Committee of Vancouver Local 846
We are looking for volunteers to represent CUPW at the upcoming Trans March on August 1st, and Dyke March on August 2nd.
This is an opportunity to demonstrate the Vancouver Locals unwavering support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and advocate for important postal issues.
The Trans March is more than just a parade, it is a protest. It has been a challenging year for the trans community, and we are calling on all CUPW allies to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our trans siblings. Your presence will send a powerful message of solidarity and allyship on behalf of our union.
The Dyke March will be another impactful opportunity where we can show support and engage with our community. CUPW will be hosting a table at the Dyke March, and will need a minimum of four volunteers, but the more the merrier, and better!
This is an excellent opportunity to:
* Engage with our neighbours to discuss pressing postal issues
* Hand out CUPW swag
* Do a live art project for the events
If you’re interested in volunteering for either or both of these important events, please contact any elected member of the organizing committee or [email protected] by July 22nd.
Let’s show up strong for our community!
In Solidarity,
Organizing Committee